secrecy

"Stanley Darrow isn't sure what to expect when the mysterious Mr. Gedrick appears on his doorstep. He is certain, however, that his family could use Mr. Gedrick's help. Their lives and their house have been a mess since Stanley's dad died"--OCLC.

Fourteen-year-old Simon, with mediocre magical powers, and Alice, a young girl transformed into a monster, work together to discover a cure to her enchantment and uncover secrets of their pasts.

Emily Hunt went missing from her affluent liberal arts school on graduation weekend. Her body was found floating in a river, and a quiet loner who most people on campus really didn?t know died by suicide. A tenuous link?one text?bound the two dead students together and was enough for law enforcement to close the case. But they got it wrong and now someone is determined to set it right. Twelve years later, college friends gather to celebrate an engagement over a long overdue getaway on a swanky private island in Maine?with only one way in and one way out. Sierra Prescott, invited as a guest and unconnected to past events, is the only person who soon senses not all is what it seems.

Ivy has spent years looking for her birth mother, but when she finally finds her on Bardsey Island, she is shocked by what greets her. According to folklore, the cormorants that fly over the remote Welsh isle are the terrifying witches of Arthurian legend and they are searching for Ivy. Her mum warned her not to come and to stay away from the lighthouse, but now it's too late. As the shadows draw closer, Ivy must look deep within herself if she wants to survive. For not every story in folklore is true, and some evils aren't what they seem.

"Eighteen-year-old Avery Grambs is weeks away from inheriting the multibillion-dollar Hawthorne fortune, but first she'll have to survive a dangerous game against an old enemy looking for vengeance"--Provided by publisher.

"Two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of forbidden love, dangerous magic, and dark secrets that could change the world forever"--Provided by publisher.

Suddenly orphaned, Rosie Frost is sent to the mysterious Bloodstone Island, home to both extraordinary teens and endangered species, where she faces mean girls and shocking family secrets while competing in the Falcon Queen Games to save the island itself.

"A powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster that moves between Puerto Rico and The Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together"--Provided by publisher.

"Mary O'Malley is tired of keeping secrets. Secrets like her older brother, Jonny's, drug use . . . When two girls Mary thought were her friends decide to slam another girl online, Mary tries to look the other way. Then the girls turn on Mary, and suddenly, she doesn't have a safety zone. Her brother is out of control, her family's energies are all spent on him. There is only one person she can turn to"--Provided by publisher.

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.