Closeted Mean Girls

After the shattering events that brought Summerview Heights to its knees, Kacie Beaumont returns to reclaim her throne—or at least what's left of it. Her once-perfect life is now in shambles. Amara Jackson's rise to power has divided the social hierarchy, and secrets buried deep in Summerview's glittering facade are clawing their way to the surface. For Kacie, survival means playing the game more ruthlessly than ever before. But power comes at a price. As old enemies resurface and new alliances form, Kacie must navigate betrayals, heartbreak, and her own identity while guarding the skeletons in her closet. Meanwhile, the sinister shadow of her past grows darker, threatening to expose everything she's fought so hard to hide. When a mysterious figure begins unraveling the truth behind the car accident that took her boyfriend's life, Kacie must make a choice: double down on the lies or let her carefully curated world collapse. With danger lurking at every turn, the stakes have never been higher. In Shadows Behind the Crown, the queen of manipulation finds herself entangled in a web of secrets that even she might not survive.