Gabriella Gilbert is determined to make Raphael Cartos pay for her parents’ deaths. But as she gets closer through a dangerous affair with his son, Daniel Cartos, she finds herself torn between vengeance and a forbidden love. When dark secrets are revealed, passion and betrayal collide, and the path to revenge could prove deadly.

When the mayor’s daughter, Kettie Howard, is brutally killed at a high school party, the entire town is left in shock. The murderer is anonymous, and Detective Redmond and his team are struggling to find any leads. Meanwhile, Braya Crawford and her friends decide to take matters into their own hands, digging deeper into the truth. But just when they think they’re getting closer, Kettie’s friend, Amanda Horners, is found dead in her house — and the police rule it a suicide. Then comes another twist. Chloe, a close friend, claims she saw Kettie Howard at the crime scene. Everyone thinks she’s losing her mind. But before anyone can get answers, Chloe is also found dead. As the body count rises, the truth becomes harder to bury. In River Bell, nothing is what it seems... Because sometimes, the dead aren’t really gone.