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Camp Alpine Lake is the only place where Goldie Easton feels safe—the camp is the lifeline of the small town she lives in. Alpine Lake provides jobs, money and prestige to the region. Her parents work there so Goldie is one of the few townies who have reaped the rewards of living so close to the summer camp, with its five-figure tuition and rich kids who have been dumped there for eight weeks by their powerful parents.

It’s the first week of senior year at Meadowbrook Academy. For Amy and her best friend Sarah, that means late-night parties at the boathouse, bike rides through their sleepy Connecticut town, and the crisp beginning of a New England fall. Then tragedy strikes: Sarah and her boyfriend are brutally murdered in their dorm room. Now the week Amy has been dreaming about for years has turned into a nightmare, especially when all eyes turn to her as the culprit.

Stella and Ellie Steckler are only a year apart, but their different personalities make their relationship complicated. Stella is single-minded, driven, and she keeps to herself. Cross-country running is her life and she won't let anything get in the way of being the best. Her sister Ellie is a talented runner too, but she also lets herself have fun. She has friends. She goes to parties. She has a life off the course.

Scoring an invitation for membership to the exclusive Legacy Club in New York City is more than an honor. It gives you a lifetime of access to power and wealth beyond any prep school doors and guaranteed safety and security. So it’s not surprising when Excelsior Prep seniors Bernie Kaplan, Isobel Rothcroft, and Skyler Hawkins are nominated as Legacies; their family pedigrees have assured their membership since birth—even if they're all keeping secrets that could destroy their reputations. But scholarship kid from Queens Tori Tasso? She’s a surprise nominee.

If you could live inside one Taylor Swift song for a day, which would you pick? In this shimmering anthology, thirteen best-selling and acclaimed authors do just that, reimagining some of Taylor’s most iconic songs as love stories.

Graham hat Shaila nicht getötet. Diese SMS stürzt Jills Welt ins Chaos. Dabei will sie doch nur ihr Abschlussjahr genießen, an der Spitze der Players – der It-Clique ihrer Eliteschule. Die Players feiern nicht nur die besten Partys, sie haben auch beste Beziehungen und viel Macht. Aber Macht schützt nicht vor Unglück, sonst wäre Jills Freundin Shaila drei Jahre zuvor nicht von ihrem Freund erschlagen worden. Schwer genug, mit dieser Erinnerung zu leben. Doch falls Graham wirklich unschuldig ist, gibt es ein Problem: Shaila starb auf einer Players-Party.

Religion can be a refuge and safe haven for so many people, but what happens when that safe haven is destroyed by an abuse of power? Join Katie and Jessica as they discuss life in Sovereign Grace Ministries, a cult-like group of churches that is known for fundamentalist beliefs, sexual abuse scandals, and widespread cover-ups of abuse. This podcast serves to give power back to abuse survivors of SGM. For inquiries contact Recoveringsgmer@gmail.com Support this podcast! Venmo:Recovering-sgmer Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/support

Todo en la vida de Jill y sus amigas es como de película. Carismáticas, intocables, destinadas a triunfar: sacan las mejores notas, organizan las fiestas más locas y todos en el instituto sueñan con ser como ellas. Y este va a ser el año de Jill, fijo. A no ser que el pasado se lo impida...hace tres años, su mejor amiga Sheila fue asesinada por su novio, Graham. Él confesó, cerraron el caso y Jill intentó seguir con su vida. Pero, cuando empieza a recibir mensajes que defienden la inocencia de Graham, su año perfecto se viene abajo. Si él no mató Sheila, ¿quién lo hizo?