Unrivalled

Unrivalled
Alyson Noel

Bestselling author Alyson Noël brings you the high energy, glamorous, and murderous world of the Beautiful Idols. Go behind the velvet rope to the gritty LA club scene where anything goes, and mystery is around every corner.‘A frothy, smart and fun read.’ – Heat magazineWelcome to the partyEVERYONE wants to be someone.Layla Harrison wants to be a reporter.Aster Amirpour wants to be an actress.Tommy Phillips wants to be a guitar hero.But Madison Brooks took destiny and made it her own a long time ago.She’s Hollywood’s hottest starlet, and the things she did to become the name on everyone’s lips are merely a stain on the pavement, ground beneath her Louboutin heel.That is, until Layla, Aster, and Tommy find themselves with a VIP invite to the world of Los Angeles’s nightlife and are lured into a competition. The prize, or rather the target? Madison Brooks.Just as their hopes begin to gleam like stars through the California smog, Madison Brooks goes missing. . . . And all of their hopes are blacked out in the haze of their lies.Readers of Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars won’t want to miss Unrivalled!

For Jackie and Michelle, my BFFs for too many decades to count!

All that glitters is not gold.

—WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Acknowledgements (#ulink_1e96544b-5d26-51d5-bed0-ef15baa1a238)

This book has been so much fun to write, and it’s all thanks to the following people: my lovely and amazing editors Katherine Tegen, Claudia Gabel, and Melissa Miller, who made this book possible; my wonderful agent, Bill Contardi, the perfect combination of humour and smarts; and, as always, my husband, Sandy, who showed me that all things are possible for those who believe.

Table of Contents

Cover (#u57ed5a7a-f199-571c-a29d-2238599ff781)

Title Page (#ue0fa6f7d-39ec-5732-97e8-435c22917971)

Dedication (#ud76f5914-8315-5afc-8727-704c974b1dca)

Epigraph (#ub464be37-d63b-53f3-8803-4a4eb89b3804)

Acknowledgements (#ufb82fefb-ebab-5ad1-9ece-6687102420b2)

PROLOGUE: LOST STARS (#ub9379fb9-0a80-570d-91cb-079a6b87b655)

ONE MONTH EARLIER (#u243c0d44-31ad-5ff2-830c-187b1163d4a5)

ONE: HYPOCRITICAL KISS (#u5e583abd-ef27-5cb2-98f1-d24a1dc89b57)

TWO: WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS (#u28e75b1b-0e56-5ef9-8096-9e1c918a3410)

THREE: REASONS TO BE BEAUTIFUL (#u655f2c20-ed7c-56cd-a75d-4c90e8bc73b1)

FOUR: CELEBRITY SKIN (#ub6fff09e-6bb6-5ba0-bb14-0ebc23320fb5)

FIVE: MENTAL HOPSCOTCH (#uf1209081-42e3-558a-b38d-19fbc1ee9165)

SIX: LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) (#u0f6e8b2c-c359-54db-a474-3070e46c3e1f)

SEVEN: I CAN’T GET NO (SATISFACTION) (#ua160308b-208d-562e-af3a-96868588cd11)

EIGHT: TEENAGE DREAM (#ub2f41de6-7bb6-58f7-ac85-12fc54b98336)

NINE: SUMMERTIME SADNESS (#u79b414ca-a91c-5e52-a8da-cf0b14f1c126)

TEN: MR. BRIGHTSIDE (#litres_trial_promo)

ELEVEN: ROYALS (#litres_trial_promo)

TWELVE: I WANNA BE SEDATED (#litres_trial_promo)

THIRTEEN: EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD (#litres_trial_promo)

FOURTEEN: SEX AND CANDY (#litres_trial_promo)

FIFTEEN: YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL (#litres_trial_promo)

SIXTEEN: BLURRED LINES (#litres_trial_promo)

SEVENTEEN: GO HARD OR GO HOME (#litres_trial_promo)

EIGHTEEN: THE POLITICS OF DANCING (#litres_trial_promo)

NINETEEN: WICKED GAME (#litres_trial_promo)

TWENTY: LIPS LIKE SUGAR (#litres_trial_promo)

TWENTY-ONE: SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY (#litres_trial_promo)

TWENTY-TWO: GHOST IN THE MACHINE (#litres_trial_promo)

TWENTY-THREE: SUICIDE BLONDE (#litres_trial_promo)

TWENTY-FOUR: KNOW YOUR ENEMY (#litres_trial_promo)

TWENTY-FIVE: SHADES OF COOL (#litres_trial_promo)

TWENTY-SIX: SHOW ME WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR (#litres_trial_promo)

TWENTY-SEVEN: BACK DOOR MAN (#litres_trial_promo)

TWENTY-EIGHT: WORK B**CH (#litres_trial_promo)

TWENTY-NINE: GOLD ON THE CEILING (#litres_trial_promo)

THIRTY: NOTHING ELSE MATTERS (#litres_trial_promo)

THIRTY-ONE: DESTINATION UNKNOWN (#litres_trial_promo)

THIRTY-TWO: THIS IS HOW A HEART BREAKS (#litres_trial_promo)

THIRTY-THREE: HOW TO SAVE A LIFE (#litres_trial_promo)

THIRTY-FOUR: LIKE A VIRGIN (#litres_trial_promo)

THIRTY-FIVE: JUST A GIRL (#litres_trial_promo)