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If you could see the sun

About the time her parents tell her they can no longer afford her tuition at a prestigious Beijing international boarding school, Chinese American Alice Sun realizes that she can turn invisible. With all of her hopes riding on getting a scholarship to a prestigious school, getting a good job, and lifting her family out of poverty, Alice decides to use her abilities for profit, by hiring herself out to her classmates. However, when the jobs get increasingly dangerous and morally questionable, she begins to wonder if the sacrifice is worth it.

Si Pudieras Ver El Sol

"Alice Sun has always felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school. When her parents drop the news that they can no longer afford her tuition, even with the scholarship, Alice hatches a plan to monetize her strange new power--she'll discover the scandalous secrets her classmates want to know, for a price. But as the tasks escalate from petty scandals to actual crimes, Alice must decide if it's worth losing her conscience--or even her life"--Provided by publisher.

Secrets never die

Each Halloween Sam, Harran, Elisha, Laureen, and Dom hold a funeral for their secrets in an abandoned hut, but when their ritual is disrupted and they start receiving threatening messages, the friends must uncover their blackmailer before all their secrets are told and their lives ruined.
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Sing me to sleep

2024
Saoirse Sorkova, a murderous siren whose very existence is illegal, is forced to work with the prince she hates to hunt a deadly killer--herself.
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We are hunted

2024
Expecting paradise on a remote island vacation, seventeen-year-old Femi and fellow guests are instead met with terror when the animals on the island turn feral.
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Secrets never die

2023
Each Halloween Sam, Harran, Elisha, Laureen, and Dom hold a funeral for their secrets in an abandoned hut, but when their ritual is disrupted and they start receiving threatening messages, the friends must uncover their blackmailer before all their secrets are told and their lives ruined.
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The showdown

2023
Abby is worried her unmasked blackmailer will expose the one secret she cannot risk getting out. To make matters worse, the drama is affecting her performance on Beau, putting her place on the team in jeopardy.

Margot Mertz for the win

2022
Margot faces senior year working on a campaign for local election while helping a fellow student run for class president, but when a mysterious blackmail plot emerges and a loathesome opponent rises in the class race, Margot might have to return to the cleanup job she thought she'd left behind.

The poison pen

"Archie, Betty, Jughead, Veronica, and the rest of the gang are getting ready for the life after high school--or, at least, they're trying to. But then, one by one, they all receive a mysterious letter from someone calling themselves the Poison Pen. The letter writer knows some of Riverdale's deepest, darkest secrets. The Poison Pen is threatening to reveal all unless Archie and his friends do exactly what they're told--from posting embarrassing videos of themselves to blowing up someone's marriage. The letters aren't stopping and the stakes are getting higher with each one. If they can't find the Poison Pen soon, Betty, Jughead, Veronica, Archie, Kevin, Cheryl, and Toni might not have a future left to protect"--Back cover.

Yo, Simon, homo sapiens

"Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity--and that of his pen pal--will be revealed"--Provided by publisher.

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