"Never call a girl a bitch," I glared into his eyes as he opened them, piercing into me, the bright blue drink I had just poured over him still dripping from his dark hair. "Or she just might act like one." I gave him one last sarcastic smile before pushing by him and walking away, practically strutting. Well, this year will be fun... • • • • Crystal Summers; a self-proclaimed expert in all things sarcastic and the human embodiment of destructive decisions. Trying to get away from her troubled past, she moves with her mom to California to start a new life, and potentially not screw this one up. There, she quickly meets Scarlett and Savanah, her new-found partners in crime, and her life finally begins to feel normal again for the first time in years. But she just so happens to also collide with the school's sexy, notorious jackass, Ashton Monroe.. and his pack of asswipes. She loathes him, and the feeling is mutual. But as the poets say, the line separating love and hate is a very thin one. And often times, when two people hate each other, it can grow into much more. Hopeless devotion, if you will... • • • • !!!TRIGGER WARNING!!! • slight mention(s) of suicidal concepts • substance abuse, addiction, anxiety, PTSD • sexual assault, domestic abuse • strong language and mature scenes • • • •

Bambi Raye's life was normal. Well, as normal as any teenage girl's life can be, when they're going through puberty. Until one fateful night when she was 15, which caused her life to change forever. The next 3 years of her life were hell. All the friends she thought would stick by her side, abandoned her. She was either bullied or ignored at school, and her home life was slowly falling apart. And then, reprieve. Her mother was finally able to find the funds to move them. Bambi would have been happy with anywhere, but was surprised and elated to find out that her mother was moving them all the way out to LA. The land of dreams. Things could only get better there right? There she meets two crazy friends, who teach her what true friendship is, and a group of eight boys who turn her whole world upside down. But it's not long before she has to fend off unwanted attention, and her friends find out what happened that night 3 years ago. Her old life seems to be repeating itself. How will her new friends cope with finding out the secrets Bambi is hiding? Can her new friends show Bambi that that part of her life has ended, and that endings mean new beginnings? Will she be able forget everything that happened in the past, closing that book, and come to realise that she's writing a whole new story? Even if it has a few bumps along the way. Everyone has their secrets... TW: Rape (mentioned and attempted - nothing explicit), Young Motherhood, Violence Find me on Twitter and Instagram: @cc_thewriter Facebook page - Charlotte Carol (link on my page) Best Rank: #88 Romance

This is book 2 in the Eight Boys, Three Words, One Girl series. There will be spoilers below, and of course in the book so read number 1 before anything else. After Terry's attack, Bambi feels lost, broken, and like she's 15 all over again. Not only does Bambi have to deal with the aftermath, she has to deal with an ever persistent Tanner, who is getting creepier with every moment. Something is different this time, however, she has eight guys that she is able to turn to and rely on to be there. But overcoming the secret she has just learnt about them, and learning to trust them again is harder than she expected. Trystan and Ryder's parents are back, but do they know everything about their sons? Gerard is trying to get to know Sophie and Bambi better, but will they want the same? The group of boys and Bambi are all relying on each other for support and keeping each other's secrets. Will Bambi come to realise that they are dependent on each other, and learn to trust them again?