A DEADLY INHERITANCE

An orphaned teen is catapulted into a different world when she enters a prestigious boarding school.

Following the untimely deaths of her beloved parents just a few years apart, focused, determined Liliana Chamberlain hides out from state authorities, scraping by in her family’s apartment, focusing on getting to her 18th birthday in May, and keeping her grades up for her full-ride college scholarship. But her estranged maternal grandparents’ lawyer—who was her mother’s close childhood friend—suddenly arrives with news: Liliana’s billionaire grandparents disowned her mom when she ran off with Liliana’s dad as a pregnant teen, but now they want to send Liliana to her mother’s alma mater, Westdale Academy. Readers will be swept along with this engaging, over-the-top account of a school that’s filled with a diverse group of glittering teens. Chemistry immediately sparks between Liliana and two love interests: bisexual Theo Dubois, whose mom is a famous actor, and brooding but kind Maddox Moreno, the son of a tech giant. She decides to run for Optima, an elite society that accepts one student per year. While readers will likely pick up that Liliana is in danger well before she does, they’ll still career along with the rollicking, trope-filled twists and turns that continue to the very end of this boarding school adventure. Liliana and Theo are cued white, and Maddox presents Latine.

A suspenseful thriller that’s elevated by a fresh romance storyline.