Eight months ago, Gray Langtry’s mother became prime minister… now someone wants her dead

Gray’s life has been in turmoil ever since her mother was chosen to lead the country. They had to leave their home and move into the prime minister’s official residence at Number 10 Downing Street. Everywhere she goes, she must be accompanied by bodyguards. The media won’t leave her alone — she’s on the cover of every tabloid, and her behaviour, her appearance, the length of her skirts… everything is constantly judged.

Worse, the scars from her parents’ divorce and her mother’s abrupt remarriage are still raw. She doesn’t like her stepfather. She doesn’t like this life. None of it was her decision.

When she’s photographed drunk outside a London nightclub, it makes headlines. Gray is grounded and given new bodyguards – younger, cooler, and harder to fool than the last batch.

The threat

It’s Julia, the new bodyguard, who tells her that a new terrorist organisation issued a threat, and the threat is credible. They say they’re going to kill her mother and Gray. When Gray tries to find out more though, no one will tell her. Her mother never mentions it and her bodyguard is forbidden to say more. Locked up in Number 10 night after night, Gray decides to find answers. If someone wants to kill her, she deserves to know why.

One of the few people who understands what’s happening is Jake McIntyre — the son of her mother’s political enemy. Convinced he’s working for his father, her mother forbids her to spend time with him. But Gray believes he might be able to help her learn the truth.

One night, while sneaking through dark government halls, she gets far more than she bargained for. She realises the situation is much worse than even her mother’s security team suspects. But will anyone believe the prime minister’s wild child daughter?

Afraid for herself, her mother, and her country, Gray is determined to find proof. But she must move fast.

The clock is ticking.

Number 10 is book 1 in a new spinoff series set in the world of CJ Daugherty’s international bestselling Night School series.

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The Burning Rose (Jess)

(0/5)

Jan 23, 2026

What?!

markoolja

(5/5)

WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW??? I just can’t wait for the sequel!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭

Lilys.Buchwelt

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Annie Bookworm

(3/5)

I couldn't be more excited when I heard about the spinoff series coming! I absolutely love night school. It's one of my favorites series and I've read it more than once.I fangirled when I saw all the Easter eggs from night school and having the POV of one of the characters I had questions about. However, I couldn't help to feel somewhat disappointed in the story. I liked it, but I felt that it lacked something, some depth to the story asif it could've been fleshed out more... I understand that i...

Sue Wallace

Number 10 by C J Daugherty.Eight months ago, Gray Langtry’s mother became prime minister… now someone wants her dead.Brilliant read. Lots of action. Gripping read. Great story and characters. I'm looking forward to reading more from this author. 5*.

There are two things I absolutely love - politics and young adult. You can take three guesses why I fell in love with this book instantly.I have so much to say about Number 10 (and that's why it took me so long to write this review), so get prepared for it. Number 10 was able to exceed my expectations. The premise of the main character being the daughter of the prime minister intrigued me from the beginning. The idea was well explored throughout the story with different (and often creepy) aspect...

Hannah

So I managed to demolish this book in just over 4 hours. I don’t normally like politics but this book was amazing! I loved hearing about Gray taking the secret tunnels and ending up in the House of Commons. This 16 year old was not living an easy life with her mother as a prime minister but what happens in this story keeps you hooked the whole way through. Please tell me there’s going to be another book to this?

Nini K!

(4/5)

4 StarsThis is the first book in a new Series and I'm super excited. I loved the Night School books and getting a new Series in the "same" setting has me all hyped up. This book is definitely for younger ya readers and is writtenas such, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I liked the pacing, the plot was somewhat predictable (at least for me) but it didn't take any of the enjoyment away. I liked the fact that this YA book wasn't lowkey a romance YA. Yeah, there was a boy, but the focus was on friends...

Stan

(2/5)

L’histoire s’installe vraiment progressivement. C’est plutôt long et l’intrigue n’est en soi pas hyper intéressante. Il faut attendre les 50 dernières pages pour voir les choses bouger ( un peu ) et être un peu plus ‘prenant’. Je suis resté très hermétique aux personnages. L’héroïne principale est d’ailleurs légèrement tête à claque. Bref une déception pour ce premier tome. Même la fin de celui ci ne nous laisse pas avec l’envie de lire absolument la suite...

Charlotte Corrigan

I would absolutely recommend this book to anybody who likes action-packed and adventurous novels. The book follows Gray Langtry, the Prime Minister’s daughter, as she tries to uncover a secret Russian plot who’s aim is to remove her mother from power and to kill Gray. This novel gripped me from the start to the finish and I was so eager to discover the outcome of the book. I really hope Daugherty publishes a follow up novel.

Mycoton32

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Solara300

Ein nicht ungefährlicher Ausflug!Gray versucht stetig auszubrechen, denn sie kommt sich in der Downing Street gefangen vor, seit ihre Mutter Premierministerin von Großbritannien ist.Gefangen zwischen Regeln und Bodyguards die sie bewachen. Dabei will Gray nur ein normales Leben führen. Ganz normal auf Partys gehen und sich vielleicht in einen Jungen verlieben. Aber davon ist sie weit entfernt. Denn die Sicherheitsmassnahmen nehmen zu, nachdem Gray mehr als einmal in Gefahr gerät und die Reporter...

Rachel Bridgeman

This is the first novel I have read by C.J Daugherty and it's a really good one, I'd absolutely want to read more by her. It tackles the way that teenagers are not listened to or presumed not to have anything worth saying and often have to take on adult roles before they are emotionally equipped to deal with this.Gray has the focus of the world upon her as the daughter of the Prime Minister-a job she had begged her mother not to take until after she has finished her education-and struggles to ba...

Maayanysl

זה ספר המשך מהטרילוגיה של תיכון לילה, קראתי אותה לפני איזה שנתיים. אם אהבתם תיכון לילה תקראו אותו היה קצת דמויות ובסוף הספר הזה התחבר ממש לתיכון הלילה הראשונים. הספר היה סבבה ומעניין, לא כל כך אהבתי את הדמות הראשית אבל זה כנראה הבעיה בי, אני אקרא את המשך בהזדמנות. הוא לא בין הספרים הכי טובים ואני אקרא אשכח אותו בקרוב אבל היה נחמד לחזור לכתיבה ולעולם של תיכון לילה שהייתה בין הסדרות ספרים הראשונות שקראתי

Evey

Un bon roman avec une fin qui donne envie de lire la suite.Toutefois, je l'ai trouvé lent.Les descriptions sont tjs au top.

Maria

Being a teenager is never an easy period, not for the youngsters nor for the parents, imagine if you are the daughter of the British Prime Minister, it will be hell, let’s be honest!I’ll admit that I read this book in one stand, I couldn’t put it down, it was not difficult to discover who was the bad of the story, but I was curious to know how they would expose everything and how Gray wouls keep her mother safe, really addictive!The story is told from the Gray perspective, you only see drops of

Zacharias

A long awaited sequel to the Night School series.I loved it. Kind of a new beginning, but outside Cimmeria and as we are used to, intrigue and secrets.I loved it and I‘m looking forward to reading more about Firefly in the Next Book of this Series.

Jenna Ireland

To say I was excited about reading this book would be the understatement of the year! Night School is one of my favourite, if not absolute favourite series, so to get a new book set within that world - my brain cannot compute, it's going into overdrive with anticipation! (Just to put my crazy in perspective, the French translation came out months before the English did, so I was going to buy the French book, even though I can't read French. Anyway, moving on...) Now after reading it I'm even mo...

Susi Aly

Als ich vor kurzem entdeckt habe, dass dieses Buch auf dem Markt ist. War klar, dass ich es lesen muss.Mir hat die Night School Reihe damals unglaublich gut gefallen und yeah, ich freu mich darauf zurückzukehren.Auch wer die Reihe davor nicht kennt, kann hier völlig problemlos einsteigen.In diesem Buch geht es um Gray, ein junges Mädchen, dass ihren eigenen Kopf hat und sich dadurch in so manch prekäre Situation hineinmanövriert.Gray ist kein normales junges Mädchen. Sie ist die Tochter der Prem...

Noemi Proietti

Gray is sixteen years old. Like all sixteen years old she enjoys spending time with her friends, going to parties, and breaking curfew. But Gray is not a normal sixteen-year-old girl because she is the daughter of the Prime Minister of England and that means many rules to follow and being always on her best behavior because paparazzi are always there waiting for her wrong move.Following a party gone wrong, Gray is grounded and she is assigned two bodyguards to keep eyes on her at all times. She

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