House of Hearts

Violet Harper knows her best friend was murdered. Everyone else has labelled Emoree Hale's death a freak accident, but Violet is certain she had been trying to tell her something before she died. Cryptic messages about the elite boarding school, a whirlwind romance, and the mysterious secret society Emoree was entangled in all point to a more sinister fate. So Violet does what no one else seems willing to do: she transfers to Hart Academy to dig into the society's murky history and find out what really happened.

She knows the truth might not be pretty. What she does not bargain for is Calvin Lockwell — the handsome, obnoxious, privileged boy at the centre of it all, brother of her prime suspect and descendant of the school's founder. Violet cannot deny their haunting attraction, even as it becomes clear that the Lockwell family is hiding a dark secret that may not be of this world.

As details emerge of a deadly curse plaguing the school, Violet finds herself following her friend's doomed footsteps down the rabbit hole. House of Hearts is a standalone gothic mystery from Skyla Arndt, the author of Together We Rot.