At St. Augustine’s Academy, privilege and power run through every marble hallway. For some, this final year means freedom. For others, it’s the stepping stone to even greater influence. But for a few, it will become a life-altering secret they can never escape.

Isabella Marquez has her future mapped out; graduate top of her class, enter the most prestigious university, and one day take control of her father’s empire. Nothing and no one will stop her.

Especially not Alexander Hawthorne with his smirk and blue eyes, the Duke’s reckless second son. To Isabella, he’s nothing more than a chain-smoking, party-throwing menace who will likely end up in jail before graduation.

But when a classmate turns up dead in Isabella’s dorm room, Alexander becomes the only person who can help her prove her innocence. Forced into an uneasy alliance, Isabella discovers that behind his arrogant smirk and scandalous reputation lies someone far more complicated than she ever imagined.

And in a world where secrets are currency and friends can become enemies and enemies can become something dangerously more, Isabella may find herself risking more than just her future, she may risk her heart.



Dive in to explore Isabella's life as it either takes a turn for the best or the worse.


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Yvette looked like a queen on her throne, propped against a fortress of pillows Michael had fussed over. She tapped her fingers against the blanket, her eyes darting between all of us like she'd just been handed a tray of secrets and couldn't decide which to unwrap first.


"Well?" she said, impatient already. "Don't just sit there looking mysterious. Someone explain what exactly I've signed myself up for."


Arthur leaned back in his chair, spinning the pen between his fingers with deliberate slowness. "Where to start…"


"Start at the beginning," Yvette demanded.


Chapter 36 - Filling in the Gaps