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  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. LABOR DAY, 3:17 A.M.
  4. FOURTEEN WEEKS(AND THREE DAYS) EARLIER
  5. CHAPTER 2
  6. CHAPTER 3
  7. LABOR DAY, 3:19 A.M.
  8. FOURTEEN WEEKS(AND THREE DAYS) EARLIER
  9. CHAPTER 5
  10. CHAPTER 6
  11. CHARLOTTE AND LIVSUMMER BEFORE SENIOR YEARTWENTY-FIVE YEARS EARLIER
  12. CHAPTER 7
  13. CHAPTER 8
  14. LABOR DAY, 3:22 A.M.
  15. THIRTEEN WEEKS(AND THREE DAYS) EARLIER
  16. CHAPTER 10
  17. CHARLOTTE, LIV, AND JULIASUMMER BEFORE SENIOR YEARTWENTY-FIVE YEARS EARLIER
  18. CHAPTER 11
  19. LABOR DAY, 3:23 A.M.
  20. ELEVEN WEEKS(AND THREE DAYS) EARLIER
  21. CHAPTER 13
  22. CHAPTER 14
  23. CHAPTER 15
  24. LABOR DAY, 3:25 A.M.
  25. TEN WEEKS(AND TWO DAYS) EARLIER
  26. LABOR DAY, 3:25 A.M.
  27. TEN WEEKS(AND TWO DAYS) EARLIER
  28. CHAPTER 18
  29. CHARLOTTE, LIV, AND JULIASUMMER BEFORE SENIOR YEARTWENTY-FIVE YEARS EARLIER
  30. CHAPTER 19
  31. CHAPTER 20
  32. CHAPTER 21
  33. CHAPTER 22
  34. CHAPTER 23
  35. LABOR DAY, 3:26 A.M.
  36. EIGHT WEEKS(AND SIX DAYS) EARLIER
  37. CHAPTER 25
  38. CHAPTER 26
  39. CHAPTER 27
  40. CHAPTER 28
  41. CHAPTER 29
  42. CHAPTER 30
  43. CHARLOTTE, LIV, AND JULIASUMMER BEFORE SENIOR YEARTWENTY-FIVE YEARS EARLIER
  44. CHAPTER 31
  45. CHAPTER 32
  46. CHARLOTTE, LIV, AND JULIASUMMER BEFORE SENIOR YEARTWENTY-FIVE YEARS EARLIER
  47. CHAPTER 33
  48. CHAPTER 34
  49. CHAPTER 35
  50. CHARLOTTE, LIV, JULIA,THE INTERLOPER, AND THE BOYSSUMMER BEFORE SENIOR YEARTWENTY-FIVE YEARS EARLIER
  51. CHAPTER 36
  52. CHAPTER 37
  53. LABOR DAY, 3:28 AM
  54. SIX WEEKS(AND TWO DAYS) EARLIER
  55. CHAPTER 39
  56. CHAPTER 40
  57. CHAPTER 41
  58. LABOR DAY, 3:35 A.M.
  59. SIX WEEKS(AND TWO DAYS) EARLIER
  60. LABOR DAY, 3:36 AM
  61. FOUR WEEKS(AND TWO DAYS) EARLIER
  62. CHAPTER 44
  63. CHAPTER 45
  64. CHARLOTTE, LIV, JULIA,THE INTERLOPER, AND THE BOYSSUMMER BEFORE SENIOR YEARTWENTY-FIVE YEARS EARLIER
  65. CHAPTER 46
  66. LABOR DAY, 3:38
  67. FOUR WEEKS(AND TWO DAYS) EARLIER
  68. LABOR DAY, 3:45
  69. THREE DAYS EARLIER
  70. CHARLOTTE, LIV, JULIA,THE INTERLOPER, AND THE BOYSSUMMER BEFORE SENIOR YEARTWENTY-FIVE YEARS EARLIER
  71. CHAPTER 49
  72. CHAPTER 50
  73. LABOR DAY, 3:47 A.M.
  74. TWELVE HOURS EARLIER
  75. CHARLOTTE, LIV, JULIA,TRINA, AND THE BOYSSUMMER BEFORE SENIOR YEARTWENTY-FIVE YEARS EARLIER
  76. CHAPTER 52
  77. CHAPTER 53
  78. CHARLOTTE, LIV, JULIA, AND THE BOYSSUMMER BEFORE SENIOR YEARTWENTY-FIVE YEARS EARLIER
  79. CHAPTER 54
  80. CHAPTER 55
  81. CHAPTER 56
  82. KACISUMMER BEFORE SENIOR YEARTWENTY-FIVE YEARS EARLIER
  83. CHAPTER 57
  84. CHAPTER 58
  85. CHAPTER 59
  86. CHAPTER 60
  87. FOUR MONTHS LATER . . .
  88. CHAPTER 62
  89. CHAPTER 63
  90. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  91. Discover More
  92. About the Author
  93. BY JENNIFER LYNN BARNES
  94. A Sneak Peek of "The Inheritance Games"
  95. CHAPTER 1

I owe so much to my family. To my mom and dad, who have been known to drive four hours round trip just to lend a helping hand when I am on deadline—THANK YOU. And to my husband, who is a true and incredible partner in every conceivable way: I couldn’t have made it through the past couple of years (or books) without you.

Finally, thank you to every reader who followed me from The Naturals to Little White Lies—and everyone who has discovered me since. I will never get over the awe of knowing that there are people out there reading my words. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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JENNIFER LYNN BARNES

has written more than a dozen acclaimed young-adult novels, including The Inheritance Games, Little White Lies, The Lovely and the Lost, and the Naturals series: The Naturals, Killer Instinct, All In, Bad Blood, and the e-novella Twelve. Jen is also a Fulbright Scholar with advanced degrees in psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive science. She received her PhD from Yale University in 2012 and is currently a professor of psychology and professional writing at the University of Oklahoma. She invites you to visit her online at jenniferlynnbarnes.com or follow her on Twitter @jenlynnbarnes.

BY JENNIFER LYNN BARNES

The Naturals

Killer Instinct

All In

Bad Blood

The Lovely and the Lost

Little White Lies

Deadly Little Scandals

The Inheritance Games

A Sneak Peek of "The Inheritance Games"

KEEP READING TO DISCOVER THE NEXT THRILLING MYSTERY FROM JENNIFER LYNN BARNES!

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CHAPTER 1

When I was a kid, my mom constantly invented games. The Quiet Game. The Who Can Make Their Cookie Last Longer? Game. A perennial favorite, The Marshmallow Game involved eating marshmallows while wearing puffy Goodwill jackets indoors, to avoid turning on the heat. The Flashlight Game was what we played when the electricity went out. We never walked anywhere—we raced. The floor was nearly always lava. The primary purpose of pillows was building forts.

Our longest-lasting game was called I Have A Secret, because my mom said that everyone should always have at least one. Some days she guessed mine. Some days she didn’t. We played every week, right up until I was fifteen and one of her secrets landed her in the hospital.

The next thing I knew, she was gone.

“Your move, princess.” A gravelly voice dragged me back to the present. “I don’t have all day.”

“Not a princess,” I retorted, sliding one of my knights into place. “Your move, old man.”