GRAND PRIZE WINNER, 2026 Chanticleer International Book Awards (Cover Design - Fiction) FIRST PLACE WINNER, 2026 Clue Award for Thriller and Suspense From award-winning author Leslie Liautaud comes a chilling psychological thriller about friendship, obsession, and the price of reinvention. Marin thought college would be her chance to start over - a new city, new friends, and a new life far from the shadows of her past. Then she meets Bette, the effortlessly sophisticated and dangerously captivating girl who seems to have it all. Drawn into Bette's alluring world of privilege and power, Marin quickly finds herself seduced by the glamour, but beneath the surface lies something far more sinister. As secrets unravel and dark truths emerge, Marin realizes she's entangled in a web of manipulation and deceit she never saw coming. With her sense of reality crumbling and her safety on the line, she must make an impossible choice - stay silent and survive or speak out and risk everything.