Kate O'Brien is used to being the scholarship kid after she's moved around so many times. With her expert lying skills, she finds wealthy student Olivia at her newest school and plans to use Olivia for status, money, social rank, and maybe a little friendship on the side. When their school gets a new administrator, Mark Redkin, both Kate and Olivia's plans are thrown as it seems Mark isn't quite as charming as he seems. In a group of the privileged, it's hard to tell who is the best liar.
BEWARE THAT GIRL is a psychological thriller focusing on two girls, Kate and Olivia, who are more than they seem. Kate has a troubled history of a sociopathic father, and she worries that her lies and deceit make her just like him. Olivia has a history of mental illness, and she sometimes stops using her medication because it makes her feel flat. What starts as a mutually beneficial relationship, where Kate gets status and money and Olivia gets a friend she desperately needs, turns into something much more complex where readers will feel a strange mixture of sympathy, distrust, and even hope for both characters. Just when one of the characters seems fully formed and left with no surprises, another shocking discovery changes everything once again. Those who love a good plot twist may find their latest favorite with Teresa Toten's latest novel.
With a preying teacher, an elite school, and two young women who may or may not be as manipulative as they seem, BEWARE THAT GIRL is a fast paced, electric read where no one can be trusted, and the end will leave you in gasps.
For fans of We Were Liars, The Girl on the
Train, and Gone Girl, this powerful psychological
thriller with multiple mysteries is set against the backdrop
of the megawealthy elite of New York City. Toten delves into
the mesmerizing yet dysfunctional world of those who
manipulate but seem ever so charming. With its gripping pace
and Hitchcockian twists, Beware That Girl will keep
readers guessing until the very last line.
The Haves. The Have-Nots. Kate OβBrien appears to be
a Have-Not. Her whole life has been a series of setbacks
sheβs had to snake her way out ofβsome more sinister than
others. But sheβs determined to change that. Sheβs book
smart. Sheβs street-smart. Oh, and sheβs also a masterful liar.
As the scholarship student at the Waverly School in NYC,
Kate has her work cut out for her: her plan is to climb the
social ladder and land a spot at Yale. Sheβs already found
her βpeopleβ among the senior class βitβ girlsβspecifically
in the cosseted, mega-wealthy yet deeply damaged Olivia
Sumner. As for Olivia, she considers Kate the best friend
sheβs always needed, the sister she never had.
When the handsome and whip-smart Mark Redkin joins the
Waverly administration, he immediately charms his way into
the facultyβs and studentsβ livesβbecoming especially close
to Olivia, a fact sheβs intent on keeping to herself. It
becomes increasingly obvious that Redkin poses a threat to
Kate, too, in a way she canβt revealβand canβt afford to
ignore. How close can Kate and Olivia get to Mark without
having to share their dark pasts?
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