Secret Society Girl: An Ivy League Novel

Diana Peterfreund

Jul 2006 · Secret Society Girl Book 1 · Sold by Delacorte Press

About this ebook

After being initiated into a notorious secret society, a college junior discovers that new blood is at the mercy of old money—and that hooking up with the wrong people could be fatal—in this “undeniably juicy” (The Washington Post) novel.

“[A] tell-all book about secret societies at Ivy League schools . . . think The Da Vinci Code meets Bridget Jones.”—Toledo Blade

Elite Eli University junior Amy Haskel never expected to be tapped into Rose & Grave. She isn’t rich, politically connected, or . . . well, male. So when Amy is one of the first female students to receive the distinctive black-lined invitation with the Rose & Grave seal, she’s blown away. Could they really mean her?

Whisked off into an elaborate initiation rite, Amy awakens the next day to a new reality and a whole new set of “friends”—from the gorgeous son of a conservative governor to an Afrocentric lesbian activist whose society name is Thorndike. And that’s when Amy starts to discover the truth about getting what you wish for. Because Rose & Grave is quickly taking her away from her familiar world of classes and keggers, fueling a feud, and undermining a very promising friendship with benefits. And that’s before Amy finds out that her first duty as a member of Rose & Grave is to take on a conspiracy of money and power that could, quite possibly, ruin her whole life.

About the author

Diana Peterfreund is the author of Secret Society Girl, Under the Rose, Rites of Spring (Break), and Tap & Gown, among other novels. She graduated from Yale University in 2001 with degrees in geology and literature. A former food critic, she now lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and writes full-time.