Snowed-In at Boarding School

<p>The snow-draped elegance of Hawthorne Academy is built on perfection wealth and profound buried secrets. For sixteen-year-old Lila Bennett a scholarship student who always feels on the outside looking in the elite boarding school is a precarious opportunity-not a home. When a historic blizzard traps her and six other students on campus over winter break their world of high expectations and careful facades collapses.</p><p>With the power out and help miles away Lila is forced into the unexpected company of her peers: the charming secretive heir Eli Matthews; the guilt-ridden athlete Declan; and the intense quiet Ivy whose family was shattered by a scandal the school tried to bury. As they fight to keep the Headmaster alive and restore order their isolation becomes a crucible. They are forced to trade their perfect roles for their painful truths.</p><p>In the glow of firelight <strong>first love</strong> blossoms between Lila and Eli built on vulnerability rather than veneer. Yet their bond is tested by the shocking <strong>secrets</strong> that emerge forcing the group to confront difficult truths about <strong>forgiveness</strong> guilt and <strong>belonging</strong>. <em>Snowed-In at Boarding School</em> is an <strong>introspective</strong> and <strong>heartwarming</strong> story about finding connection when the world outside is cut off-a reminder that sometimes being trapped is the only way to be truly <strong>set free</strong>.</p>