Karen M. McManus

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying comes your next obsession. You'll never feel the same about family again. Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah Story are cousins, but they barely know each another, and they've never even met their grandmother. Rich and reclusive, she disinherited their parents before they were born. So when they each receive a letter inviting them to work at her island resort for the summer, they're surprised . . . and curious. Their parents are all clear on one point--not going is not an option. This could be the opportunity to get back into Grandmother's good graces. But when the cousins arrive on the island, it's immediately clear that she has different plans for them. And the longer they stay, the more they realize how mysterious--and dark--their family's past is. The entire Story family has secrets. Whatever pulled them apart years ago isn't over--and this summer, the cousins will learn everything.

The Cousins

Ellie 

“I'm the Girl Least Likely to Cause a Scene About Anything, Ever.

I'm also a giant wimp. I keep walking.”

“"Everybody has secrets," she says, taking a sip of her drink. "That's nondebatable. The only question is whether you're keeping your own, or someone else's."”

“Things happen to him, like they're out of his control. But that's not how life really works; or at least, it's not how it's ever worked for him.”

“Family's important. Or it should be, anyway.”

"There's nothing to be gained from reopening old wounds, and a lot to lose."

"The truth was like a cancer inside me by that point, and I'd shoved it down so far that it wouldn't come out. It just... festered, and made me angry."

I just gonna ignore it and push past🙃 cousins......

Sophia

Crap. I can't believe I was just checking her out. I don't think she minded, either. Akward.

"Yeah. Well, sort of. I'm Jonah." I hold out my hand. Her eyes widen, and she doesn't take it. "Jonah Story."

I know that it's not what I think but my mind instantly thought that Jonah isn't Jonah and the real one is somewhere else/at home haha

 a little bit sus (Why does he want to avoid Milly - and probably Aubrey, as well - so badly?)

Mine buzzes in my pocket , and I dig it out to a text from a contact I saved as JT.

She had absolutely no idea that we were coming.

[Milly's] hair is pulled into a high ponytail, her lashes thick with dark mascara. Or maybe she just has a naturally intense eyelash situation happening at all times.

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