To most people, Hayden is just a beautiful, small, quiet beach town - home to the wealthy and powerful. To others, it's their home - a tangle of secrets, lies and suffocation. Life in Hayden has always been tough for Cat Bartaletti. After all, being at the bottom of the social ladder and being the victim of relentless torture by your classmates is never really easy sailing. But after a tragic incident involving her best - and only - friend, things go from bad to worse. A new school year without her best friend brings new things - mostly unwanted. The school's golden boy, Luke Carter, has suddenly noticed her existence and for all the wrong reasons. She's starting to like his best friend, Ollie Clark - but he seems to be too good to be true. And there's Lia Trent, the beautiful new girl who appears to be hiding more than one secret. When the four of them begin to form a shaky, but comforting friendship, everything changes - but for the better or the worse?

Mielle lives at El Oceano Resort with her father. And when her dad tells her to cancel her plans for the summer to help him out instead, you can imagine that she isn't the happiest camper. But when he also drops the bomb that her childhood nemesis is coming as well, Mielle believes that her summer is going to completely suck. But what happens when they both realise that the line between love and hate isn't as thick as they thought? Will this just be another summer romance filled with heated arguments, high tides and sandy beaches? Or is this the start of something they both can't control?

What if the only thing seperating you from your crush was a kiss? Amy never thought that she would be hanging out with the popular kids. But after having made a bet with Chris, Amy was determined to win. The challenge? He could get her to kiss him before the end of the term. Amy was sure that she would win. But after spending some time with Chris, she finds it's harder resisting him than she thought...

Aria has always laid low in school with her tight-knit group of friends. When she meets Nash at a party, he's rude, he's blunt, and he's got more baggage than he can carry. Aria immediately dislikes him. But the line between hate and love is very thin, and a continuous game of Never Have I Ever may change everything.

*WARNING: Written in 2008, some content may be offensive* Stasee is your typical shy, quiet teenage girl until the night her brother's best friend Damen Hurtz decides to finally acknowledge her existence. In a desperate attempt to gain his acceptance she allows him to take the one thing every girl values most...her virginity. After that night, Damen constantly begins accepting her while they're alone and then rejecting her in front of his peers. Stasee's frustration and confusion continues to grow, as do her feeling toward the man who continues to break her heart. He claims that he cares for her, but will his need for his peer's acceptance prevent him from ever treating Stasee the way he should? And if he finally realizes the stupidity of popularity over love, will Stasee still be waiting for him?