At St. Agatha’s, appearances are everything and Ava Emilia St. Claire has perfected hers. Beautiful, privileged, and untouchable, she moves through her junior year with effortless control. But beneath the polished surface, jealousy festers, friendships rot, and secrets begin to pile up.As loyalties fracture and desire turns dangerous, Ava learns how easily love can be weaponized and silence can destroy. What starts as survival becomes obsession. Control becomes addiction. And every secret she buries pulls her closer to the truth she cannot outrun.The Secrets We Bury is a chilling psychological thriller about envy, manipulation, and the slow creation of a villain. Told from the perspective of a girl who knows her fate, this story asks one haunting question:Are villains born or made by the secrets they keep?

Ashley Simmons came to Los Angeles with one goal: build a future worth fighting for.At twenty, she is a struggling UCLA journalism student willing to do whatever it takes to get ahead. When an opportunity arises to investigate Sebastian Voss, the ruthless billionaire known as the King of Wall Street, Ashley sees her chance to make her career.But Sebastian Voss is not the man the world thinks he is.Behind his wealth, power, and perfect reputation lies a dangerous empire built on secrets, crime, and blood. Getting close to him should have been Ashley’s greatest mistake.Instead, it becomes her greatest obsession.What starts as an investigation slowly turns into a forbidden romance neither of them can control. Sebastian becomes possessive. Ashley becomes addicted to the darkness hidden beneath his polished exterior.But Ashley has a secret.She was never supposed to fall in love with the man she was investigating.And when she is forced to choose between the career she has always dreamed of and the man who has captured her heart, Ashley makes a decision that will change everything.She chose her future.Now Sebastian will make her pay the price.Because the most dangerous thing about loving a man like Sebastian Voss isn’t falling for him.It’s betraying him.