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Informationen zum Autor Kate Brian is the author of the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Private series and its spin-off series Privilege . She has also written many other books for teens including Sweet 16 and Megan Meade ’ s Guide to the McGowan Boys. Klappentext MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND KILL THE OLD.... Ariana Osgood has everything she's ever wanted. A place at elite Atherton-Pryce boarding school. Fabulous friends. A new crush. And most importantly! a new identity. Now that she's officially become Briana Leigh Covington! Ariana's troubled past is dead and buried. Or is it? When the one person who knows her secret arrives on campus! Ariana decides it's time to say good-bye to her ex-best friend -- forever. From the author of the bestselling PRIVATE novels comes a series about the dark world of wealth! secrets! and PRIVILEGE. PERFECT MISTAKE HOW FAR WE’VE COME The first thing Ariana Osgood noticed was Kaitlynn Nottingham’s shoes—those gorgeous, brown leather Marc Jacobs wedge sandals. Then she let her gaze travel ever so slowly from her enemy’s pedicured toes up her long, recently waxed legs. She took in the pressed shorts, the pink sweater, the perfectly cropped hair. Finally, finally she looked into Kaitlynn’s eyes. Jade green, they gleamed with malevolence. In moments of abject fury, Ariana Osgood’s mind often went for the details. The things she could catalogue, analyze, compartmentalize. And her particular obsession was shoes. Where the hell had Kaitlynn gotten the money for Marc Jacobs wedge sandals? But then, Ariana already knew the answer to this question: Kaitlynn had gotten the money from her. That one million dollars Ariana had wasted blood, sweat, and tears to raise—the one million dollars Kaitlynn was supposed to be using to start a new life in Australia—had, at least partially, been used to secure a new wardrobe, an expensive haircut, and some seriously killer shoes. All things that would help Kaitlynn blend in perfectly on the Atherton-Pryce Hall campus. Ariana’s campus, where the two of them now stood, in the rapidly waning light of the late-summer evening, facing off amidst a hundred happily chatting prep schoolers. “Are you okay, Ana?” Kaitlynn asked, tilting her head in faux concern. She had just introduced herself as Lillian Oswald. So very close to Ariana’s mother’s name, Lillian Osgood. Kaitlynn had clearly known this would get right under Ariana’s skin. “You look a little faint.” “She’s right, Ana,” Brigit Rhygsted agreed, reaching for Ariana’s arm. “Have you eaten anything since the race this morning? We should get you some food.” She gestured to the far wall of the room, where a few guys were high-fiving one another. “There’s a table over there full of crap I can’t eat. Want me to get you something? Or maybe Lily can. I’m on a diet,” she explained to Kaitlynn. “I probably shouldn’t even go near it. I have no willpower at all. ” Ariana’s fingers curled. It was almost funny, Brigit babbling about her struggles with food as if that were important right now. But then, she had no idea there was a serious battle of wills going on right in front of her. As far as she knew, “Ana Covington” and “Lillian Oswald” had never met before this moment. “No, thank you. I’m fine,” Ariana said through her teeth, lifting her chin to show Kaitlynn that she was not about to go weak at the very sight of her. Even though that was exactly what had happened the moment she’d spotted Kaitlynn on the crowded quad. The party continued to bubble and swell, but all Ariana could do was hug herself tightly in an attempt to quell her rage-induced trembling. A few yards away, Palmer Liriano laughed and Ariana ...
