Publication Date: March 24, 2026
The USA Today bestselling author of the Influencer series delivers a riveting psychological thriller about power, betrayal, and the haunting legacy of family secrets filled with diabolical turns and shocking twists.
Some invitations are meant to be declined. . . .
Ellie works as an accountant at her father’s successful investment company in New York City. She enjoys all the comforts her privileged lifestyle affords—a two-bedroom apartment overlooking Central Park, a generous trust fund, and a devastatingly attractive if often absent husband who works long hours for her father as well. Yet the introverted young woman who wants for nothing feels aimless and untethered. Ellie lost her mother at a young age and still has nightmares about her death. She sometimes sleepwalks at night and finds herself stumbling through the days.
But Ellie’s life takes a turn when she receives an anonymous invitation in the mail, asking her to join an elite women’s club known only as “The Society.” Intrigued, she begins to attend their lavish gatherings where she meets her new close companion, Aubrey, and enjoys the benefits of belonging to the group—friendship, sisterhood, and support from other successful and glamorous women. Then Ellie makes a horrifying discovery about the society and its “philanthropic work.” The women of The Society harbor dark, dangerous secrets—secrets that may implicate Ellie’s own family.
Wickedly twisty, Society Women is a gripping story of prestige, power, and dirty secrets that will hook
Ellie lives with the fear that her nightmares and sleepwalking episodes will lead to the same struggles that plagued her late mother.
Author Adriane Leigh delivers a storyline packed with secrets in Society Women. Ellie’s life of luxury includes a workaholic husband who insists he is only looking out for her well-being when he suggests pills and therapy. Their relationship tends to blow hot and cold.
As a main character, Ellie’s introverted nature makes her vulnerable to others. When she received an exclusive invitation to join an elite women’s club, she was thinking more along the lines of charitable causes.
This is one group of women determined to protect others, especially women who have borne the brunt of mistrust at the hands of powerful men. Little does Ellie know that she is about to get caught up in a tangled web.
Society Women reveals the lies and deceit shaping a woman’s fear of slipping into madness.
Adriane Leigh is a self-published USA Today bestselling author of multiple novels and novellas. Her writing has appeared in Vogue and The Montreal Gazette, and she is the founder of RARE: Romance Author & Reader Events. She also hosts The Rebel Artist podcast. She lives on Lake Michigan with her family.
