Everything We Couldn’t Say
(Castle Hill Academy, #2)
by Emma Scott

 

Released – 28 July 2026

 

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Blurb

They were supposed to be rivals. They weren’t supposed to fall in love.

Harper Bennett has fought for every inch of her life: for her dreams, her brother, and the roof over their heads. The Novus Science Prize is her ticket to a brilliant future, and she won’t let anything stand in her way.

Especially not Orion Mercer.

Golden boy. Heir to one of Castle Hill’s elite Big Five families. Orion is all effortless charm, endless jokes, and a future already written within a billion-dollar chemical empire.

But Orion isn’t what Harper expected.

Behind the polished confidence is a secret battle he’s been fighting alone and a musical talent no one saw coming. Harper sees through his mask, while Orion sees her not as charity or competition, but as the only honest thing in a world built on winning.

Late nights in the lab give way to shared music and unspoken truths, and their rivalry softens into something deeper.

Then a party ends in tragedy, a trusted mentor makes a dangerous offer, and when the truth explodes on awards night, Harper and Orion must decide who they are without the prize…and whether love is worth risking everything.

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Review

5 “Loving you is music” stars!

I am addicted to the Castle Hill Academy series. I fell in love with all the characters from the first book, Little Pieces of Light, and now we get even more of them. Harper and Orion are the next couple in the series and I am totally obsessed with them and completely devoured their story.

Harper has had a difficult childhood. Her father was gone before she was born and she’s been picking up the pieces for as long as she can remember, taking care of her alcoholic mother and her sweet little brother. When her mother finally gets sober, they move to Rhode Island so that Harper can attend Castle Hill Academy in hopes it will help her get into MIT or maybe NYC. She’s there to work hard and that is exactly what she does.

Unfortunately, Harper lives in Bend and doesn’t have crazy amounts of money like the majority of the school so she sticks out when she doesn’t want to. The Richies don’t like the Benders and will do everything to make Bender’s lives miserable, including Harper’s.
Orion is one of the Big Five, a group of five families that donate the most money to the school. He is loved by everyone and is the life of the party, but he has his own struggles and life isn’t as easy for him as it looks. He has his life mapped out for him and once he graduates, he’ll go to Cambridge and eventually work for the family business.

Orion meets Harper at school and there is an instant connection. Harper doesn’t know why Orion befriends her and it seems like he doesn’t have a problem with the fact that she is a Bender and he is a Richie. He is constantly standing up for her even when she doesn’t ask for it. Despite their differences, these two understand each other. They realize there is so much more to them than when they first met. Orion is there for Harper and wants to make things easier, and Harper is Orion’s biggest supportor. She believed in him and refuses give up. They are sweet and swoony together especially when they are themselves.

These two share something special but their love story is not an easy one. They go through heartbreaking trials and I was there through it all. My heart broke for the way Harper had to grow up too fast and for the way Orion wasn’t supported the way he should have been. The growth these two go through both as individuals and as a couple is beautiful. They are complex characters that dig deep into your soul and don’t let you go. I felt all the ups and downs right along with them.

I loved the secondary characters, both the new ones as well as the ones I met and love from before. Then the tragedy that we lived through in the first book we have to live through again, and though it wasn’t quite as detailed, it still brought back all the tears and heartache I experienced the first time around.

Overall, I absolutely love the Castle Hill Academy series and it remains a favorite because these books and characters are unforgettable!

*ARC generously provided by the author and Valentine PR and Literary Management*

 

 

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About the Author

Emma Scott is a USA Today and Wall St. Journal bestselling author whose books have been translated in six languages and featured in Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, New York Daily News and USA Today’s Happy Ever After. She writes emotional, character-driven romances in which art and love intertwine to heal, and in which love always wins. If you enjoy emotionally-charged stories that rip your heart out and put it back together again, with diverse characters and kind-hearted heroes, you will enjoy her novels.

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