In a society steeped in tradition, Princess Lia’s life follows a preordained course. As First Daughter, she is expected to have the revered gift of sight, but she doesn’t—and she knows her parents are perpetrating a sham when they arrange her marriage to secure an alliance with a neighboring kingdom, to a prince she has never met. On the morning of her wedding, Lia flees to a distant village. She settles into a new life, hopeful when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive, unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deception abounds, and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—even as she finds herself falling in love. The Kiss of Deception is the first book in Mary E. Pearson's Remnant Chronicles.

I hyperventilated until my chest cramped, with my back against the cold, hard walls. The thing is, I wasn't just stuck between a rock and a hard place.. it was a hard place, my boyfriend of ten months and my best guy friend who just wanted answers. It was almost impossible for me to choose, history over chemistry or none at all. Who said you couldn't love two at the same time? The only event that could change this all and make this decision easier was a deal breaker. A secret so big that it would make it effortless to choose. "What do you mean she's pregnant?" I screamed at his flawless face. And at that moment, I knew who to choose but another part of me, vouched for him and not the other so I wanted to stay. Stay for all the good and stay even harder for the bad. There was no way out anymore. My nose barely above the water, almost drowning. Help. *** At the Marilyn Monroe Arts Institution in South Carolina, lets try to understand the shit our parents forgot to tell us about this little world we call, "senior year" .

My name is Aria Cole and I fell on my ass from the top of the social pyramid. Last year something happened, It killed me emotionally, psychologically and almost physically. If you thought high school was the root of all your problems. Think again. They probably told you that popularity was the dream but its not. It makes you pretend to be happy and content when really, you have to wear a pretty plastic smile to pull it off. Well, me, Aria Cole, figured out the jigsaw to happiness. It wasn't just some guy, or some lottery win. It was that one thing that I couldn't let go of. And this guy, helped me figure it out and I think I might love him forever. *** CLICK THAT "START READING" BUTTON AND ADD IT TO YOUR READING LIST AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, VOTE! Enjoy.

Luke Archer and Summer Merrick have always been the It-Couple at Roseville High. When Luke breaks up with Summer at the beginning of senior year, Summer reveals that she has been cheating on Luke with Paul Walden, Luke’s best friend. Angry and betrayed, Luke decides to get revenge, and he enlists the help of Jamie Vandeviere, a girl who has always been invisible to the popular crowd. Their goal is to transform Jamie into the most popular girl at school and take down Summer’s position as Queen Bee. However, being popular turns out to be a lot more difficult than what Jamie had in mind. What exactly has she gotten herself into? ***READ AT YOUR OWN RISK***