Colette Johnson

The Secrets Power Keeps

Everyone in Brinecove is required to declare their power, but Verity Hule has spent her entire life pretending she doesn't have one.Her parents taught her to hide her power. Then, ten years ago, they died suddenly under circumstances that were never fully explained.Verity has been searching for answers ever since.When the Powerless seat on Brinecove's Council unexpectedly opens, she finally sees her chance. All she has to do is enter the trials, survive five increasingly dangerous tests, and defeat every other competitor without anyone discovering her secret.Unfortunately, one of those competitors is Finn Mason.Wealthy, infuriating, and seemingly impossible to beat, Finn is the clear favorite to win. Verity should want nothing more than to see him lose.Instead, somewhere between fighting him and fighting beside him, she begins to wonder if Finn is the one person she can trust.A dangerous mistake.The deeper Verity digs into her parents' deaths, the clearer it becomes that the Council has been keeping secrets far more dangerous than her own.And some truths were never meant to survive the trials.