"I've been looking so long at these pictures of you That I almost believe that they're real I've been living so long with my pictures of you That I almost believe that the pictures are All I can feel." We were young and in love and we listened to The Cure. - Meet Iris Rose. To everyone's eyes, she was just your typical ordinary girl. What they don't know is that she is so much more than that. Iris is passionate, visionary, and has potential to become a photographer. That potential is proven through a photo exhibit at school, where the winner is given a chance to work on a photoshoot with Ian Hunter. Now, you're probably wondering who Ian Hunter is... Not only is he the most recognized photographer today, he is also the youngest. Rich, talented, and devastatingly handsome, he has it all. Or at least that's what everyone thought. Buried underneath all the fame and fortune, no one knows who the real Ian is, except Iris. And if one photographer wasn't already enough to deal with, enters the stage, Axel Wilde. Not only is he Ian's fellow competitor, he is also his arch nemesis. Nobody knows when or how the feud started, but once it did, it never stopped. So when an opportunity presents itself in the form of a girl, Axel undoubtedly took it.

Just when you feel so close to someone you realize just how far you are from that person. United by fate yet living in two different worlds. Luna is a plain girl that doesn't believe in 'Love'. She has seen many couples that say they "love each other" and then break up. Her parents are divorced and she's never met a guy she could be interested in, even if her school is full of hot guy. Justin, the hottest guy in her school, also a player, has never been in love either. He's had many girlfriends, but has never truly been attracted by any of them? Justin wants to make Luna fall for him but Luna doesn't let herself fall into his trap; Justin end up falling for her. Brian (Luna's childhood friend) appears, and makes it difficult for Justin to approach Luna. On Luna's 16th birthday, she finds out an unbelievable truth that she had no idea about. A shocking truth that will change both her Love life and even her normal life.

Sophie Campbell is a seventeen year old senior at Jackson High that also holds down a part-time job at the local coffee shop. The way Sophie sees it, there's no need for her to have a boyfriend in high school. All the boys are immature and she's lasted without love for 17 years so far... why not wait one more? However, when the mysterious loner at her school comes into her work on New Year's Eve, something between them clicks. Between crazy friends, a motorcycle and an English assignment, will they be content with just a friendship or will they realize that they might be perfect for each other as more?

Nerdy astronomy geek Marsha, M to her few friends, has never been anybody special. Orphaned as an infant and reluctantly raised by an overly-strict "aunt," she's not even sure who she is. M's dream of someday escaping tiny Jewel, Indiana and making her mark in the world seems impossibly distant until hot new quarterback Rigel inexplicably befriends her. As Rigel turns his back on fawning cheerleaders to spend time with M, strange things start to happen: her acne clears up, her eyesight improves to the point she can ditch her thick glasses, and when they touch, sparks fly-literally! When M digs for a reason, she discovers deep secrets that will change her formerly mundane life forever . . . and expose her to perils she never dreamed of. Yes, the middle of nowhere just got a lot more interesting!

Hannah Taylors finally gives in to her desperation and does one of the stupidest things a girl can do to grab her unapproachable long-time crush Jonah Gibbs' attention: spill soda on his white shirt and leave a motherfrigging red blotch on it. Accidentally... on purpose.

What if the people around you- from your classmates to your best friend- were hiding their true feelings behind their smiles? And you found out? Abbie Lee used to think that her life was perfect. She had supportive parents, a best friend who had her back and a tentative boyfriend too. But her once flawless life comes crumbling down when she gets a high fever and falls unconscious. She wakes up a few hours later with the ability to hear the thoughts of the people around her and they were not what she expected. Smiles turn out to be masks. True feelings are revealed. Feelings are hurt. Add Benson Chang into the equation. He's a new student. Abbie is given the job to show him around and that's when she notices that she can't hear his thoughts. Wanting to know why, she begins to pay attention to him.... Follow Abbie as she deals with the truth behind her friends' smiles and as she tries to find out why Benson is different from everyone else. #21 in Teen Fiction [08.21.16]

(A Leon Walden Story--Sequel to Life as Told by Nerdy) One word. One broken promise. One fateful night. That was all it took to lose her. And I knew we'd never be the same. I wanted to touch her face, hold her hand, to see her smiles again-even if I knew they weren't for me to keep. Now I'm back to square one. I'd make her mine again. But first, I've got to learn how to date a nerd.