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Irresistible intrigue, captivating suspense, a swoony friends-to-rivals-to-lovers romance, and heartbreaking betrayal drive this thrilling debut novel that is perfect for fans of The Inheritance Games and Knives Out.Lily Rosewood has lived with her grandmother since her dad’s death a year ago. She and Gram have always been close—Gram’s role as chair of their family’s luxury coat business has inspired Lily’s love of fashion, and Lily hopes to follow in Gram’s footsteps one day.Then Gram dies suddenly, and Lily’s world is upended. Gram’s quarter of a billion dollar fortune is missing, and Lily has been banned from the manor she and Gram shared.But Gram has always loved games, and even in death, she still has a few tricks up her couture sleeve. When Lily and three other seemingly random teens get letters from Gram sending them on a treasure hunt around Rosetown, they hope the fortune will be the reward. But they’re not the only ones hunting for Gram’s treasure, and soon the hunt becomes more dangerous than they ever could have imagined.*****"Readers be warned: once you pick up Mackenzie Reed's debut, you won't want to put it down. The Rosewood Hunt is a fun, twisty, fast-paced mystery with just the right amount of angsty drama, perfect for fans of The Inheritance Games and Goonies."—Liz Lawson, New York Times bestselling author of The Agathas, The Night in Question, and The Lucky Ones"A captivating mystery full of secrets, family betrayals, and intrigue wrapped inside a fabulous treasure hunt that will leave readers spellbound. Reed seamlessly weaves classic mystery elements with a truly touching story of family and greed."—Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces “Such a fun adventure! Mackenzie Reed has crafted a fast-paced, exciting mix of treasure hunt, romance, and family secrets that fans of The Inheritance Games will surely gobble up.”—Diana Urban, author of Lying in the Deep“The Rosewood Hunt is a heart pounding thrill ride. With a breakneck pace, jaw-dropping betrayals, and dizzying twists, this high stakes treasure of a hunt kept me guessing to the final page.”—Dana Mele, author of People Like Us and Summer’s Edge "A high-stakes exploration of grief, greed, and what it means to choose your own family, The Rosewood Hunt is a perfectly twisty mystery filled with complex characters and reveals that will leave your heart racing. A must-read for any National Treasure or The Goonies fan!"—Victoria Wlosok, author of How to Find a Missing Girl

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From the acclaimed author of The Rosewood Hunt comes a thrilling new mystery about a high-stakes competition packed with shocking twists, second chances, and deadly deceit, where allies—and enemies—are the people you’d least expect.Chloe Gatti will do whatever it takes to win her elite boarding school’s annual competition, the Wilde Trials. In the two weeks leading up to graduation from Wilde Academy, a dozen seniors are chosen to compete in a series of seven ultimate physical and mental tests, and the winner will take home over half a million dollars—money that Chloe needs to help her sick sister.But the competition is fierce and includes her brooding ex-boyfriend, Hayes Stratford, whose brother was the only student to die during the trials a few years ago. When someone starts blackmailing Chloe during the competition, she’s forced to strike a deal with Hayes—if he helps her discover who is sabotaging her, she’ll help him solve the mystery his brother left behind.Following clues from Hayes’s brother, the unlikely allies discover that something isn’t right about the Wilde Trials. With a life-changing prize looming over her head and her buried feelings for Hayes rising to the surface, Chloe will have to decide what’s really worth fighting for, and if the cost of competing outweighs the potential consequences, even if that includes ending up like Hayes’s brother—dead.Fans of Jessica Goodman and Maureen Johnson will love this dark academia thriller with a romantic twist!“An action-packed, fast-paced adventure with characters that crackled off the page. I had so much fun on this wild ride.” —Goldy Moldavsky, New York Times bestselling author of The Mary Shelley Club“Mackenzie Reed does it again! Action-packed and filled with heart, The Wilde Trials is a thrill ride from start to finish. With a jaw-dropping mystery and unexpected twists at every turn, this cutthroat academic competition keeps its Challengers—and readers—on their toes.” —Rachel Moore, author of Us in Ruins and The Library of Shadows"Atmospheric, pulse-pounding, and swoon-worthy, The Wilde Trials is perfect for readers who like their thrillers with a delicious side of dark academia. Full of riddles, hidden passageways, and a creepy, crumbling estate, Mackenzie Reed’s sophomore novel offers not only a high-stakes competition but also a thoughtful examination of ambition—and its sometimes deadly cost." —Olivia Worley, author of People to Follow and The DebutantesExes to Allies: She needs to win for her sister. He needs to solve his brother’s murder. The only way either of them can survive the trials is to trust the one person they swore they never would again.Forced Proximity: Trapped at a remote estate for the competition, Chloe and Hayes can’t escape the past—or the feelings they both thought were long dead.A Deadly Game: At the elite Wilde Academy, the annual competition is more than just a tradition. It’s steeped in deadly secrets, and someone is blackmailing Chloe to keep them buried.Secrets and Lies: As Chloe and Hayes dig deeper into the mystery of his brother’s death, they realize the Wilde Trials are rigged, and the real prize might just be making it out alive.

From the acclaimed author of The Rosewood Hunt comes a thrilling dark academia mystery with an exes-to-lovers second chance romance about a high-stakes competition at an elite boarding school packed with shocking twists, second chances, and deadly deceit, where allies—and enemies—are the people you’d least expect.Chloe Gatti will do whatever it takes to win her elite boarding school’s annual competition, the Wilde Trials. In the two weeks leading up to graduation from Wilde Academy, a dozen seniors are chosen to compete in a series of seven ultimate physical and mental tests, and the winner will take home over half a million dollars—money that Chloe needs to help her sick sister.But the competition is fierce and includes her brooding ex-boyfriend, Hayes Stratford, whose brother was the only student to die during the trials a few years ago. When someone starts blackmailing Chloe during the competition, she’s forced to strike a deal with Hayes—if he helps her discover who is sabotaging her, she’ll help him solve the mystery his brother left behind.Following clues from Hayes’s brother, the unlikely allies discover that something isn’t right about the Wilde Trials. With a life-changing prize looming over her head and her buried feelings for Hayes rising to the surface, Chloe will have to decide what’s really worth fighting for, and if the cost of competing outweighs the potential consequences, even if that includes ending up like Hayes’s brother—dead.Fans of Jessica Goodman and Maureen Johnson will love this dark academia thriller with a romantic twist!“An action-packed, fast-paced adventure with characters that crackled off the page. I had so much fun on this wild ride.” —Goldy Moldavsky, New York Times bestselling author of The Mary Shelley Club“Mackenzie Reed does it again! Action-packed and filled with heart, The Wilde Trials is a thrill ride from start to finish. With a jaw-dropping mystery and unexpected twists at every turn, this cutthroat academic competition keeps its Challengers—and readers—on their toes.” —Rachel Moore, author of Us in Ruins and The Library of Shadows"Atmospheric, pulse-pounding, and swoon-worthy, The Wilde Trials is perfect for readers who like their thrillers with a delicious side of dark academia. Full of riddles, hidden passageways, and a creepy, crumbling estate, Mackenzie Reed’s sophomore novel offers not only a high-stakes competition but also a thoughtful examination of ambition—and its sometimes deadly cost." —Olivia Worley, author of People to Follow and The Debutantes A JLG Gold Standard selection!One of Forbes Magazine's 40 Most-Anticipated Young Adult Books!A Paste Magazine Best New YA Book!

Six teens are locked in an eerie abandoned hotel and must figure out which of them is hiding a devastating secret—before they’re all dead.Packed with twists, scares, and shocking reveals, this chilling standalone thriller from the acclaimed author of The Rosewood Hunt and The Wilde Trials is perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and All Your Twisted Secrets!Ames is an aspiring true crime YouTuber, so when she receives an anonymous invitation to a party at the infamous Haven Hotel, she can’t resist going. Because a girl died under suspicious circumstances at the hotel last summer, and this is Ames’s chance to find out what happened.When she arrives, she finds that the other party guests are a group of friends from the nearby arts high school, and that none of them know who invited them to this party either. But within moments, one of their group is dead.It’s soon made clear that there’s no way out of the Haven Hotel, not unless the secrets that the friends are hiding are exposed. It’s up to Ames to lead the investigation to find out which of the guests is worse than the others."An engrossing locked-room mystery with a dose of Hollywood Hills glamour and a twist you'll never see coming!"--Charlotte Lillie Balogh, author of Kill The Lax Bro and Capsized"If you told me my survival was contingent on predicting the plot twists of Worse Than the Others, I’m sorry to say I would fare just about as well as these characters. Reed’s Hollywood locked-room mystery with a cast you truly cannot trust and its standout, brilliant ending is such a bloody fun read.”--Trish Lundy, author of The One That Got Away with Murder"Worse Than the Others captures everything I love about Mackenzie Reed’s thrillers: a sharp, savvy narrator; cleverly constructed clues; and a setting so alive it feels like its own character. The haunting Haven Hotel—and the teens haunted by their own secrets locked inside it—had me glued to the page, and once I got to that twist, I knew I’d be reading well into the night . . . with the light on, of course."--Meredith Adamo, Morris Award-winning author of Not Like Other Girls"Your new favorite spooky mystery has arrived! Heart-pounding and packed with suspense, Worse Than the Others is a Mackenzie Reed classic. Speeding at a breakneck pace toward a gasp-out-loud twist ending, you’re in for a wild adventure alongside teen detective Ames as she investigates a complex cast of characters and tries to survive the night."-–Kara Kennedy, author of I Will Never Leave You

When staying late at the office leads to witnessing an exorcism, Brie Benson's mundane life takes a hellish turn…literally.After her parents' death, twenty-seven-year-old Brie has mastered the art of compartmentalization to survive her mind-numbing routine as a receptionist at a life insurance company. But when she accidentally catches her hot, uptight boss, Luke, performing an exorcism on Debra from accounting, her carefully ordered world implodes.Swearing Brie to secrecy, Luke reveals he's from a line of demon hunters and that demonic activity is spiking. But when her emotional support coworker vanishes, Brie is determined to find her. With nothing left to lose, she convinces Luke to let her join his rescue mission.The problem? Their destination is hell. And the entrance is in Times Square.Now Brie and Luke must navigate a corporate underworld of monsters and bureaucratic nightmares while racing to save their colleague and repair a tearing veil between worlds. All before their growing feelings become irrelevant and hell claims them forever.