In "New York Times" bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub s new thriller, one woman finds herself in the cross-hairs of a twisted predator who might just be masked behind a familiar screen name.

During the darkest period of her life, Landry Wells found solace in a group of bloggers who had been in her shoes and lived to tell the tale. She d shared things with her online friends that even her husband and children didn t know. Things that now, looking back, make her uneasy.

One of the bloggers is dead, victim of a random crime or was it? Did she trust too easily; reveal too much? At the funeral a thousand miles from home, Landry is about to come face-to-face at last with the others. These women are her closest confidantes in the world: they understand her; they know everything about her and one of them might be a cold-blooded killer."

From a masterful wordsmith ("Kirkus Reviews") of contemporary teen fiction comes a novel about growing up, taking chances, and falling in love.

Secret: I kissed someone else s boyfriend.

Assignment: Do it again.

Tabitha might be the only girl in the history of the world who actually gets less popular when she gets hot. But her so-called friends have dropped her flat, and now Tab has no one to tell about the best and worst thing that has ever happened to her: Joe, who spills his most intimate secrets to her in their nightly online chats. Joe, who has Tabitha brimming with the restless energy of falling in love. Joe, who is someone else s boyfriend.

Just when Tab is afraid she ll burst from keeping the secret of Joe inside, she finds Life by Committee. The rules of LBC are simple: Tell a secret, receive an assignment. Complete the assignment to keep your secrets safe. LBC makes Tab feel brave. She likes that the assignments push her to her limits, empowering her to live boldly and go further than she d ever go on her own.

But in the name of truth and bravery, how far is too far to go?"