Harper Publisher
March 2026
Society Women by Adriane Leigh explores secret societies, complicated relationships and the darker side of privilege.
“My main character, Ellie, had the fear that she was becoming her mom. The sleepwalking and the nightmares were the visual representations. It was a creeping fear that took over her body, impacting her confidence, and shaking her belief on what is real and what is not.”
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.
“Ellie is learning who she is. Raised by her father she was told who she should be and what to do with her life. She has put on this nice girl persona. As the story unfolds, she realizes she is not exactly who she thought she is and realizes there have been secrets she has not been told. There is a point in the story she must decide to continue to live inside the box her family and society have built for her or is she going to take back her power. She is going on an emotional and psychological journey because the men in her life have labeled her as anxious. She starts out as naïve and trusting which fits into part of her journey.”
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.
“The role of “The Society” is women supporting women. At first, it is a place for women to share, vent, and support each other. The more they realize the system does not work for them. It evolves into women using their psychological power to undermine and right the wrongs for justice. They are doing vigilante justice.”
Wickedly twisty, Society Women is a gripping story of prestige, power, and dirty secrets that will hook you with every surprising turn and leave you questioning every truth until the final, shocking end.
