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The attorney for White House counsel Don McGahn sought to reassure Donald Trump’s legal team in recent days that his client did not incriminate the president in his interviews with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators, sources familiar with their communication confirm to ABC News.

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What happened in EMANCIPATED (book 1 of Emancipated series)?

This month sees INCRIMINATED (book 2 of EMANCIPATED) published in Italy and the Netherlands. I thought this might be a good time to write a summary of everything that happens in book 1, in case readers need an refresher.

Spoilers ahoy!

Six very different teenagers move into a deluxe but bijoux beach house on the boardwalk of Venice, California. They settle into living together pretty happily. But all but one is guarding a dark secret. And some of these secrets - Lucy’s, Grace’s and Maya’s - are linked in ways that not ONE of them is aware.

Here’s a quick guide to our #EmancipatedSix

Grace

Grace is 16 and she’s the quiet, introspective one, the ‘good girl’, if you will. She observes the actions of the characters around her, while quietly nursing a huge crush on gorgeous ladies man, Paolo. She’s well aware of what a dumb idea this is, because Paolo isn’t shy about his popularity with women ... but the heart wants what it wants. Luckily, Paolo’s initial obsession with fellow housemate Lucy seems to fade after he gets the brush-off. You’d think this would make Grace happy, right? But she’s too conscious of the dangers of falling for a bad boy. She wants to resist but ooooh...will she?

Grace’s Big Secret: Her father is on death row in San Quentin, for the murder 9 years ago of movie star Tyson Drew/

Who knows Grace’s secret?: She confided in John-Michael, and suggested that he tells Lucy, which he did. However, at the end of the book, Maya’s cellphone remains connected while Grace talks to John-Michael about her father being on death row...Maya overhears and now she knows Grace’s secret, too.

Maya

In Maya’s ideal world, she would be left alone whenever she feels like it, headphones blasting music to drown out her surroundings, and she’d get on with coding her app. But guess what, life isn’t ideal. Instead, Maya, aged 15, is forced - blackmailed - to spy on her housemates. And through a twist of fate, at the end of book 1, Maya discovers to her horror that her blackmailer (the movie star, Dana Alexander) is trying to silence someone who may know the truth about the murder of Tyson Drew. For Maya, this is a game-changer. How can she continue to spy on her friends when she knows that her blackmailer might be trying to cover up her involvement in murder? At the end, Maya resolves to stop spying - whatever the cost. Maya’s Big Secret: She is spying for Dana Alexander, the movie star who employs her mother as a driver.

Who else knows Maya’s secret?: Only you, dear reader!

Lucy

Thrown out of her parents’ comfortable Claremont home for her drug habit, Lucy is struggling to stay on the straight and narrow. A former child TV star, Lucy’s memories are a dark and troubling place for this 17-year old. What did she really see, the night of Tyson Drew’s murder? Is the wrong person on death row for that crime? Meanwhile, fellow housemate Paolo has badly misread the vibe between them, and when he makes a move on her, Lucy isn’t amused. Can they stay friends, or is her rejection of him going to sour the friendships in the house?

Lucy’s Big Secret: She may have seen who really killed Tyson Drew.

Who else knows Lucy’s secret?: Lucy confides via phone to her old rehab buddy, Ariana.

Paolo

Paolo King is ranked 24th in tennis in the USA. He suspects he might not be quite good enough to be a world champion, which is why his backup plan is to go to law school. But all that changes when he buddies up with a con-man to hustle another amateur tennis player out of a fancy convertible car. To make matters worse, the mother of the rich kid he hustled tracks him down and blackmails him into sex. Now Paolo is afraid that his legal career might never get off the ground.

A hopeless romantic at heart, Paolo sets his sights on the confident rocker, Lucy. But she’s not into him. Can they still be friends? Or will Paolo finally notice that someone else in the house is quietly falling for him?

Paolo’s Big Secret: He was talked into conning a rich kid out of a fancy car. Then he slept with the rich kid’s mother, to buy her silence. He’s a bad boy.

Who else knows Paolo’s secret?: Only you, dear reader. Paolo knows how to keep something in the vault.

John-Michael

Of the #EmancipatedSix, only John-Michael really knows how badly life can suck. After months of living rough, it’s a dream to find himself in the Venice beach house with five other attractive teens. The dream turns sour when his dad’s mean ex-girlfriend accuses him of murdering his father. The truth is - he assisted his father’s suicide, which is a crime in the USA. If the cops find out, he’ll go to prison for sure. But so far - there’s no proof, only suspicion.

At the end of book 1, John-Michael realizes that he can’t continue to benefit from the  Mercedes Benz car that his father loved more than his son. To Grace’s horror, he drives it off a cliff on the PCH (Pacific Coastal Highway) and together, they watch it burn.

John-Michael’s Big Secret: He assisted the suicide of his terminally-ill father.

Who else knows John-Michael’s secret?: On the drive back from San Quentin, where she visited her father on death row, John-Michael confides in Grace.

Candace

Dear Candace, she’s the only one without a secret! Not only that but she remains blithely unaware that everyone else is hiding one. Introspection isn’t a big priority for the actor in the Venice beach house. All her free time is taken up with working on a pilot for a new TV series, and hoping that this will be the big break of which all young actors dream.

However. Don’t rule out Candace in the sneaky stakes - her time will come!

Okay, now you;re all set for book 2!

Incriminated by M.G. Reyes Hardcover Katherine Tegen Books Released 5/24/2016 There’s trouble in paradise. Six teens legally liberated from parental control—the bad boy, the good girl, the diva, the hustler, the rocker, and the nerd—all share a house in Venice Beach and they all have one thing in common: murder. After a streak of hookups, heartbreaks, and bad decisions, the housemates’ once perfect life is falling apart. One is caught in a forbidden romance with a Hollywood hearttrob while another puts her dreams on the line for one little kiss. One harbors a dark truth that could save a life while another’s risky business puts all their lives on the line. And before they know it, the friends are fighting like family. But when an uninvited houseguest and a deadly accident entangle them in a conspiracy none of them saw coming, pulling together is the only way out. Alone, none of them can cover up the lies. Together, none of them can be trusted. Packed with conspiracies, intrigue, and scandalous romance, this gripping sequel told from multiple perspectives will have readers suspecting them all. Purchase Incriminated at Amazon Purchase Incriminated at IndieBound View Incriminated on Goodreads

Happy early book birthday to the two books coming out this Tuesday (5/24)! Are either of these books on your to-read pile?

Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee

San Francisco, 1906: Fifteen-year-old Mercy Wong is determined to break from the poverty in Chinatown, and an education at St. Clare’s School for Girls is her best hope. Although St. Clare’s is off-limits to all but the wealthiest white girls, Mercy gains admittance through a mix of cunning and a little bribery, only to discover that getting in was the easiest part. Not to be undone by a bunch of spoiled heiresses, Mercy stands strong—until disaster strikes.

On April 18, an historic earthquake rocks San Francisco, destroying Mercy’s home and school. With martial law in effect, she is forced to wait with her classmates for their families in a temporary park encampment. Mercy can’t sit by while they wait for the Army to bring help. Fires might rage, and the city may be in shambles, yet Mercy still has the ‘bossy’ cheeks that mark her as someone who gets things done. But what can one teenaged girl do to heal so many suffering in her broken city? [Image and summary via Goodreads]

Incriminated (Emancipated #2) by M.G. Reyes

Scandal, romance, treachery, and murder—all under one roof. And no one to clean up their messes. Incriminated is the thrilling second book in the Emancipated trilogy, where limits are pushed, friendships are tested, and the truth has a nasty way of showing up uninvited.

There’s trouble in paradise. Six teens legally liberated from parental control—the bad boy, the good girl, the diva, the hustler, the rocker, and the nerd—all share a house in Venice Beach, and they all have one thing in common: murder.