I knew that a scholarship to Hawthorn Academy would change my life. It would get me away from a Mother who didn't love me, an alcoholic Step-Father I despised and a life filled with no meaning. At the Academy, I could make something of myself. Become who I've always wanted to be; the person I was destined to be. But I could never have imagined that things could be worse there. That The Sect and The Set ruled the school. Literally. They had a list of five rules that all must obey or face the dire consequences. Then there's Him. He is the forbidden fruit. The Beast I'm warned away from. The boy I feel a connection to, yet knew that I shouldn't. Hawthorn Academy isn't anything like I expected. It's obvious that I'm in danger. That somebody is out to harm me. I just needed to survive the next two years there. How hard could that be?

My name is Aliyah, and my family is famous. My great-grandfather's magic brought light and healing to the world. On the other side of that coin, my uncle is an infamous criminal, using his magic to only perform evil. I carry their potential. I carry their power. One day, I'll be able to use it - and my goal is to use it for good. Now, I'm starting school, and my biggest challenge isn't history, math, or even the dreaded Magiscience Lab. It's keeping a devastating secret from almost everyone, including my own family. I'm an Extramagus, just like my uncle, whose incredible powers absolutely corrupted him. Is evil really my destiny, or can I fight it somehow?

The Hawthorn tree. You can eat the berries. Taste the juice. But the seeds are the deadliest part. And I was going to become the seed. I was going to be the cyanide that destroyed Ollie and everything he valued. The Set-what was left of them anyway-were going to pay for what they did to me. For the torture they put me through. They drowned me. Drugged me. Humiliated me. But I was not going to let them take my dignity.

The only way to stop a threat is to destroy it... ...And last year, we discovered an enormous one. Temperance Fairbanks: the most powerful and sadistic water magus ever to set foot on campus. Hawthorn Academy will host a series of extramural challenges. That means we're hosting shifters, changelings, psychics, and even a vampire. Temperance vowed to hurt them any way she can, and she's already got help. My roommate Grace has a plan. Social warfare, breaking reputations and hearts, including her own. And she wants me to be her muscle. Last year I almost burned the school down. But this time, I might just be sitting on a powder keg. Scroll up and click 'Buy Now' or 'Read for Free' and join the adventure!

For fans of Riley Sager, The Hawthorne School is a twisty psychological suspense about the lengths one mother will go for her child, inspired by present-day obsession with cults and true crime. Claudia Morgan is overwhelmed. She's a single parent trying the best that she can, but her four-year-old son, Henry, is a handful--for her and for his preschool. When Claudia hears about a school with an atypical teaching style near her Chicagoland home, she has to visit. The Hawthorne School is beautiful and has everything she dreams of for Henry: time to play outside, music, and art. The head of the school, Zelma, will even let Claudia volunteer to cover the cost of tuition. The school is good for Henry: his "behavioral problems" disappear, and he comes home subdued instead of rageful. But there's something a bit off about the school, its cold halls, and its enigmatic headmistress. When Henry brings home stories of ceremonies in the woods and odd rules, Claudia's instincts tell her that something isn't quite right, and she begins to realize she's caught in a web of manipulations and power. The author's work as a psychotherapist, with a focus on narcissistic manipulation and addictive power dynamics, guides this exploration of a young mother wanting to do the best for her child.

The New Year started with a bang. Literally. Midnight came, and now, life as we know it will never be the same. The Sanctum are out to harm us. To harm me. Nobody is safe. I'd known that a scholarship to Hawthorn Academy would change my life. Guess I'd just never realised how much I could lose.

Welcome to Hawthorne Asylum. Welcome to hell. This place isn't run by the doctors who make you talk or the orderlies who force you to swallow your pills. It belongs to them, to the Infamous Four. Tabloids, talk shows, documentaries--their faces have been plastered everywhere. Not because of their impressive rap sheets, but because of how they look. And when I arrive, they take notice. Especially their king: Lincoln "Laces" Caster. He's dark and disturbed. He's controlling and possessive. Exactly the kind of boy I should stay away from if I want to clear my name and get out of here. *LACES is not intended for readers under seventeen. This book has strong language/cursing and triggering scenes (that might not be suitable for everybody). Laces is a slow burn that builds toward intimate scenes as the series progresses. This is book one in the Boys of Hawthorne Asylum series. Books 1-3 is Laces story.

The system is broken and if I'm not careful, it'll break me too. While my peers get excited for college, I brace for disaster. I've learned at Hawthorn Academy that danger can happen to anyone. To the jock. To the class clown. To my brother. Now I'm in the line of fire. All known extramagi must have their abilities tested. The way they do it is a horrifying secret. After witnessing one last year, I made a plan to expose the ugly truth. But there's a mind magus on campus now, threatening me. And he's totally within his rights to do so. Mr. Fairbanks leads the Board of Trustees, which demoted the headmaster and expelled my brother. Last year's threat was only a symptom of bigger problems. Half the Trustees play quid pro quo while the rest flex their authority for personal vendettas. Mr. Fairbanks blames me for his daughter's troubles. Mrs. Onassis says I poisoned her son's mind. And Mr. Pierce thinks I'm taking advantage of his children. All because extramagi are supposedly evil. But now I suspect we're scapegoats the influential families pin blame on. They say you make your own future. But can I survive the present first? Scroll up and click 'Buy Now' or 'Read for Free' to continue the adventure

During the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s, three children are left alone and in danger of being sent to the workhouse, so they set out to find the great-aunts they remember from their mother's stories.