Felicity Morrow is returning to Dalloway, her prestigious and timeworn boarding school, for her (second) senior year following the death of her girlfriend Alex. The hallowed halls of Godwin house, her home at school, are rumoured to be haunted by the historical Dalloway witches. Felicity is dangerously drawn to their dark magic, although she fears she is cursed by the ghost of Margery Lemont, the most famous of the five Dalloway witches. But, perhaps it is the shadow of Alex instead.
Transfer student Becca has never really fit in, and she is sure her new school will be no different. So, it is much to her surprise that on her first day, she ends up befriending the most popular girls in school. Becca is in awe of Arianna, Marley and Mandy and thrilled to be taken into their pack. But as Becca soon discovers, they have a dark secret: they are werewolves.
Avery has just moved back into her car, and it’s not the first time in recent memory. But just when she seems to be hitting rock bottom once again, Avery’s life is instantly turned upside down when she inherits billions from the recently deceased Tobias Hawthorne, one of the richest men in the world – and a total stranger Avery has never even heard of.
Laura Dean and Freddy Riley are an on-again-off-again couple, and Freddy wants nothing more than to stay together for good. They always get back together, but it always costs Freddy something. Her friends, herself, her emotions. Unsure how to handle loving someone who doesn’t love her as much as she loves them, Freddy seeks advice from a mystic and an advice columnist, Anna Vice.
When Marigold’s mother is offered a fellowship that includes a free house in the up-and-coming town of Cedarville, Marigold is almost as eager as the rest of her blended family for a fresh start, away from her storied past in California. However, all is not well in Cedarville, which has a shady history that reaches closer to home than Marigold could ever imagine. Plus, having to contend with her bratty stepsister, starting a new school and managing her anxiety is no easy task. But what is even more concerning is the escalating paranormal activity in the new house.
When Humaira “Hani” Khan comes out to her friends as bisexual, they give her the exact reaction she feared, invaliding her identity because she’s never dated girls before. So to get her friends to accept her, Hani enters into a mutually beneficial pact to pretend to date Ishita “Ishu” Dey, the academic overachiever who is the complete opposite of Hani. Ishu needs to win the head girl election and prove to her parents that she’s on track to become the doctor her parents wanted her sister to be, and she can’t do it without Hani’s help and social connections.
Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo are seniors at the prestigious Niveus Private Academy, where they have just been elected prefects. Both seem set for success, with Chiamaka, Niveus’s queen bee, on track to be accepted into Yale and eventually become a doctor, and Devon, the quiet scholarship student, on his way to Juilliard. That is until an anonymous texter called “Aces” starts spreading malicious rumours, some of which are more true than not, about Devon and Chiamaka.
After a traumatic incident involving a home invasion, Rachel Chavez and her mother move to New York City for a fresh start. However, Rachel doesn’t exactly fit in at Manchester Prep, her elite Upper East Side private school filled with the children of the ultra-wealthy. That is until she attracts the attention of the Mary Shelley Club, an exclusive secret club of horror fans determined to get their thrills by orchestrating their own horror-like “fear tests” on targets, namely their classmates.
After the death of the woman for whom she serves as a maid, Valora decides to proceed with their planned trip on the Titanic, with hopes of reuniting with her twin brother Jamie, who has been working in boiler rooms at sea for almost two years. Valora also has big plans for arrival in America: joining the Ringling Brothers circus. But her plan will require more than a little luck, and help from a reluctant Jamie.
It’s 1954, and seventeen-year-old Lily Hu lives in uncertain times. Amid the Red Scare threatening Chinese-Americans, the early beginnings of the Space Race, and San Francisco’s lesbian nightlife scene, Lily is full of unanswered questions about herself and the future. With the help of her classmate and friend Kathleen Miller, she searches for answers in the lesbian bar The Telegraph Club.
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