Whoever said boarding school would be boring?
It’s the first day of term at Hillside Academy, a prestigious mixed boarding school in Devon, and sixteen year old heir to a fortune, Elivia Spencer is the new girl, having left her previous school after a violent sexual assault. She is quickly devoured by the wealthiest group on campus but after meeting and developing a crush on Tom Right, a scholarship student, she is given the chance to escape the elite society that has dictated her life so far and caused her so much suffering. The one thing stopping Elivia from leaving the only world she’s ever known is Tom’s misfit friends who prefer recreational drugs to designer handbags and whose formidable leader, Anna Clearwater has already become Elivia’s mortal enemy.
Sucked down deeper into the secretive affluent world of this private institute, where every night is a Friday, sex is a form of power and a five year long feud between the two most influential boys on campus has torn the school in half, Elivia must decide if this is truly the new start her parents promised or whether it is her undoing. After several encounters with the other main characters, she will soon realise she isn’t the only one at HSA with a past she would rather run from than face and that trauma can never be erased.
Hillside Academy, Volume 1, September, is the first book in the 24-book saga that follows the lives of eight teenagers at a boarding school throughout their final two years of school. Encapsulating themes of youth in the early 2010s, this new adult fiction drama is a dance through the fun and woes of adolescence and delves deep into the issues of mental health, sexual abuse and childhood trauma. Set against the backdrop of the elite world of money, rich kids and fast cars, Hillside Academy is the place where no secret stays buried for long.
Are you ready to go back to school?
“…it’s sharing heartache and laughter and friendship and hardships. It’s living in an alternate reality where these characters are your friends; they’re your enemies, allies, girlfriends, and best friends. This is more than a book series, it’s a lifestyle.” – Jennifer Brasington-Crowley, author of Birdsong and Cayman Island
“I was immediately drawn into HSA and found myself thinking about the characters even when I wasn’t reading. To me, this is the sign of a master storyteller who is slaying her craft.” – Joanna Monahan, author of Something Better
The first volume in the 24-book series Hillside Academy is now available to buy for ebook and paperback. Click the image below and follow the link to Amazon to get your copy today!
And why not check out the two authors cited above?
Nightmare – Jennifer Brasington-Crowley
This is not a bisexual romance.
This is not a coming-of-age story.
This is not a family drama.
This is not a cautionary tale.
This is Jake’s Nightmare.
When 16-year-old Jacob “Chubby Cubby” Nightingale runs away from his upper-middle-class home in Terrace Park, he thinks he’s fled his worst demons. What he doesn’t know is he hasn’t even faced them yet. Follow Jacob from teen runaway to teen heartthrob fronting a successful metal band, and the subsequent rise and fall of alter ego Jake Nightmare.
You fell for him in Cayman Island.
You felt for him in Nightingale.
Now, fear for him as Jacob Nightingale faces his worst Nightmare – the past.
Something Better – Joanna Monahan
It was only a high school reunion. What was the worst that could happen?
Corinne Fuller has regrets. Facing a stagnant marriage and an impending empty nest, she spends her days living halfway between fantasy and reality, imagining herself as the heroine in a true-love-lost fairytale. When she reluctantly agrees to accompany her best friend on a trip to their hometown, an unexpected encounter with ex-boyfriend Nick offers a tempting glimpse of what might have been (and, as Nick makes clear, what could possibly still be).
Back home, Corinne’s world is in tumult. Are the problems she’s having with her husband signs she made the wrong choice? Meanwhile, her daughter begins a serious relationship with the (literal) boy next door, and Corinne can’t help being nostalgic for the excitement and romance of first love.
Corinne must choose between pursuing “what if?” or embracing “what is” in this coming-of-(middle)-age tale of love, family, and the dangers of attending your high school reunion.