What happens when 2 sworn enemies are forced to share a house for the entire winter break? Cassie Anderson is your average 16 year old girl living in Virginia. She has the looks, the brains, the charm, the perfect life in general. Oh, and most of all. She absolutley, 100 percent, hates her sworn enemy. Alex Drew is not your average 16 year old boy living in Virginia. He spent his life feeling neglected by the ones who were supposed to love him most. His Father loathed him because he wasn't the son he was supposed to be. And his Mother hated him because...well there was no reason. Just hate. Cassie's Father is a therapist, he helps broken families. And he takes in the Drew family in order to fix their problems. But with that issue comes another problem. Cassie and Alex have hated each other ever since Cassie publically humiliated Alex in front of the whole school. But once she sees how broken Alex really is, will things change? Will she be there to heal his wounds and help his scars become stars?

| SAMPLE ONLY; READ IT NOW ON GALATEA | ❝He's the boy she left behind. She's the girl he let go.❞ ➵ Before she became one of music's biggest up-and-coming artists, Evelyn "Evie" Chase was a nobody at the bottom of the Roosevelt High School food chain with only a handful of friends. Her best friend (and longtime crush)--popular jock, Adam Fields--was her polar opposite, but despite their differences, their bond was as strong as they come. That is, until one day-- one mistake--changed the course of their friendship forever, and the once inseparable duo never spoke again. Fast forward three years, and everything's changed. Evie has the world at her feet, now out in L.A. living her dream as a seventeen-year-old popstar-- leaving the town, the boy who broke her heart, and those who'd made high school unbearable behind. Meanwhile, Adam--at Roosevelt finishing off senior year and still the school (and town's) beloved "golden boy"--is trying his hardest to let go of the past and the girl he let get away. And it's going well, the two of them living their separate lives. Until Evie's back. Suddenly, seventeen and senior year just got a lot more interesting.

He easily shook me off his face harding. "You'll be fine without me Emma your strong" "Please your all I have left" I sobbed. He looked up at me and kissed my cheek hugging me tightly. "Goodbye Emma" Then he was zipping his bags and walking out the door and my life.I fell to the ground and cried. When Emma was 13 her brother luke leaves her to fend for herself. It was his 18 birthday. The day he shifted for the frist time and it was the last time she saw him. Now almost 18 herself Emma's on her own getting money fast as she can to pay the bills. One night on the job she finds herself staring into her brothers eyes. Soon she relizes why her brother left her so quickly never to look back.