![]() ![]() He folded his hands on the desk between us. “Avery.” Principal Altman’s greeting was not what one would call warm. We made exactly as much trouble as we could afford to make, which in my case was none. We didn’t get summoned for sit-downs with the principal. Girls like me were supposed to be invisible. ![]() I was in the middle of drafting an English paper in Spanish class when I was called to the office. Picking up an extra shift was worth trading a 98 for a 92. I walked the same tightrope with my grades: How little effort could I put in and still get an A? I wasn’t lazy. When I won, he couldn’t turn down the free meal. “I have to let you buy me breakfast.” Those were the terms of our long-standing bet. “You,” he grumbled, eyeing the board, “are a horrible person.” I did know that he was a formidable opponent. I didn’t know how old he was, really, and I had no idea how he’d come to be homeless and living in the park where we played chess each morning. “Not a princess,” I retorted, sliding one of my knights into place. “Your move, princess.” A gravelly voice dragged me back to the present. We played every week, right up until I was fifteen and one of her secrets landed her in the hospital. Our longest-lasting game was called I Have A Secret, because my mom said that everyone should always have at least one. The primary purpose of pillows was building forts. The Flashlight Game was what we played when the electricity went out. A perennial favorite, The Marshmallow Game involved eating marshmallows while wearing puffy Goodwill jackets indoors, to avoid turning on the heat. The Who Can Make Their Cookie Last Longer? Game. When I was a kid, my mom constantly invented games. ** Avery’s story continues in The Hawthorne Legacy and The Final Gambit Read Excerpt ![]() Caught in a world of wealth and privilege with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive. His brother, Jameson, views her as their grandfather’s last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved. Heir apparent Grayson Hawthorne is convinced that Avery must be a conwoman, and he’s determined to take her down. This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man’s touch–and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. The catch? Avery has no idea why–or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES!ĭon’t miss this New York Times bestselling “impossible to put down” (Buzzfeed) novel with deadly stakes, thrilling twists, and juicy secrets–perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives Out.Īvery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. ![]()
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