River of Wrath by Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor is the sequel to River of Ashes.  Leslie is now free from Beau Devereux, but not from his ghost and not from his father. She is also not free from the tragic loss of her dear sister nor from the pallor that her sister's death has cast over her family, especially her mother. Her bond to new friends isn't quite enough to replace the relationship she's lost with her boyfriend. River of Wrath delves deeper into St. Benedict and the history of the town as well as the characters at play.

Leslie Moore is struggling after dealing with the loss of her twin sister. She is barely getting through her senior year at St. Benedict High School. Her relationship with her boyfriend and parents is not great, and to make things worse, bones of a woman are discovered at the river where all of her terror had once began. There are sightings of a ghost haunting the Abbey, which is located near the river.  This sends Leslie and her friends back to events that had occurred last Halloween. None of these teenage girls are prepared for what they will find.