Influenced

Where Secrets Barely Stay Hidden

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Genres

Crime Thriller, Crime Mystery, Domestic Thriller, Suspense Thriller, Psychological Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Serial Killers, Domestic Suspense, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Violence, Sex, Abuse, Death, and Profanity

Type of Ending

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Series

Serenity Acres — Book 4

Series Read Order

Reading prior books is not required

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Reader Spots Remaining

248

Number of days to read

Publication Date

Oct 15, 2026

Page Length

279 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Influenced

Where Secrets Barely Stay Hidden

Advance Reader Copy

Blurb

Who’s pulling the strings of kidfluencers?

Brook Salinger has spent much of her young life calculating the cost. Tormented by online bullies and trapped on her family's wildly successful channel, she's desperate to escape the grip of her stage-manager mother, Daphne.

Determined to build a life beyond the camera, Brook finally breaks away. But as unseen forces push her toward a shocking truth, she's drawn into a neighborhood drama with deadly consequences.

Now, as Brook races to uncover the truth, Daphne blocks her at every turn. With an online empire and the carefully crafted image it's built on threatening to unravel, just how far will a Mother go to stay in control?

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Genres

Crime Thriller, Crime Mystery, Domestic Thriller, Suspense Thriller, Psychological Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Serial Killers, Domestic Suspense, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Violence, Sex, Abuse, Death, and Profanity

Type of Ending

AI Usage^Beta

Series

Serenity Acres — Book 4

Series Read Order

Reading prior books is not required

Author Prefers A Review On

Goodreads or Amazon

Reader Spots Remaining

248

Number of days to read

Publication Date

Oct 15, 2026

Page Length

279 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Author

With over twenty years of spinning stories in corporate communications, Dinked: Serenity Acres. Where Secrets Barely Stay Hidden is Crystal Quast’s debut novel. When she’s not writing, Crystal loves playing pickleball and tennis, paddleboarding, hiking, and spending time with her family.