My enemy is invisible.

Nameless. Faceless. Controlled. Puppets on strings. Sheep in the masses.

And I’ve turned into their number one plaything.

When I transferred to East Point Prep, I had one mission in mind: find the people responsible for murdering Magnolia. Someone within these entitled walls killed my only friend and threw her overboard like she was human trash.

Now, they’ll pay.

My best friend told me everything through weekly emails, leaving coded clues in her simple messages. I know every incident, and I have the names of her bullies—her murderers.

Seger, Chase, Zeppelin, Carter, and Ainsley.

Somehow everything gets twisted and turned around. Every piece of evidence turns to ash. Magnolia lied to me, and I have to unravel her words one piece at a time to understand the truth hidden within her code.

My pawns become my kings. The ones I once called my suspects turn into allies. They help me search for the invisible culprit slithering through the shadows.

The hunter becomes the hunted.

Tropes:

  • Enemies to lovers

  • Possessive jealous alpha holes

  • Murder mystery

  • DARK

  • #whychoose

  • Bully (outside the harem...mostly)

  • Secret Society

  • Revenge Plot

  • Prep school

  • Slow burn to spicyyyyy

Trigger Warnings:

This book is set in a prep school/high school setting but is recommended for people 18+ due to the mature material within these pages. All characters depicted in this book ARE 18+ and consenting adults. This is a dark bully romance with some scenes you need to be aware of including: physical altercations bodily injuries broken bones drunk driving name-calling graphic sexual scenes mentions of murder and suicide (not depicted) violence, and lots of cursing. This book WILL end on a cliffhanger. All in all, this book was meant for a mature audience. Also note, that my characters are not me. They don’t hold my beliefs or feelings and are fictional. My characters say and do things I don’t condone, but again, they’re fictional. They’ll say politically incorrect phrases, curse, and fight. But they’re still not me.

What people are saying…

  • Secrets, secrets, secrets, and mystery!

    An apocalyptic-themed mix of dark romance, enemies-lovers trope’d, STEAMY, murder mystery, thrilling reverse harem novel with a badass quirky FMC who takes no BS with a fierce attitude and 4 (I hope Carter gets his shiz together) alpha-men; golden retriever, loud-mouthed and needy boyfriends?

    Sign me tf up!

    I absolutely adore how the author kept me so hooked onto this gem of a story with her storytelling and vivid plot. And the secret codes? I WAS not expecting that at all!! She sneakily added all the clues you SHOULD have to be on alert when you’re reading this phenomenal gem. (Don’t worry! It’s revealed at the end.)

    And I wanna know who’s Tristan!

    I’m so pumped to get onto the next book like it’s my next breath!

    -Ree Nas-

  • Wow

    This is Aly Beck’s first book, but you would never know it. The story is amazing, and I couldn’t put it down.

    All the characters are complex. The FMC, Kaycee, is strong and smart. Her men are hot and sexy, and there is a lot of chemistry.

    I love the mystery of the book. There is a cliffhanger that will leave you with an ‘I need to know the answer right now’ feeling. I highly recommend this book.

    -Laura B-