"You're not going to see him again, Ava." My daddy told me sternly. I narrowed my eyes at him, "Yes, I am." "No, you're not. It isn't up for debate." "What do you have against him?" I demanded, unable to control my anger any longer. "We're not discussing this Ava." "Why not?" "Because I said so." His voice boomed. The decision was final, he wasn't talking about it anymore. There was only one thing I ever wanted out of life and that was to find love. I wanted what my parents had; the love that made you want to be reckless and selfless, the kind that made you indescribably happy. I just didn't expect to find it the summer before my senior year, with the bad boy who moved in with my aunt and uncle. This book is the first of the Lake Triplet series, its told in Ava's point of view. The triplets are Layla and Bentley's kids from Hopelessly Devoted

To say the least, Jace McCauley was not a good person. He smoke and drank, had sex with way too many girl, and broke so many hearts, that it should have been illegal. Not that he would have cared, even if it had been, he was never one to follow the law. In fact, he typically did the exact opposite of what legal and right, just to be spiteful. He was one of most - scratch that, he actually was THE most arrogant and selfish person I had ever known. Most days I couldn't stand him. He infuriated me to no end, but no matter what he did or said, he didn't deserved to die like that. It wasn't right. It wasn't fair that he had to die like that, not when there was so much that I wanted and needed to say. I'd had so many opportunities to tell him, but now he would never know ... Looking back, I guess that was it, my silence, it was my biggest mistake of them all. ****** Follow the story of Emma, Rae, and Kade as they deal with the death of Jace McCauley, the local bad boy. He had been important to each of them in different ways. His passing brings these three people together, but some of the mistakes he made in his life could be what tears them apart.

"You know, you could care a little more." He said. He did not just say that. Me? Not care? Unbelievable! "Oh so now this is my fault? Really? I don't care?" I said back to him. "Well most people would get pretty upset if the person they supposedly loved wanted to end their relationship." He threw back. "Oh so I only supposedly loved you? really Bentley!? what do you want me to do? Do you want me to break down in tears? Because if that's what it takes to keep you, then I will bawl my bloody eyes out! But even if I did that, you're still going to leave." I argued, quite honestly I did want to cry, I was just trying to be strong. "It doesn't matter Layla because in the end, I know that you don't really care" He said simply. What the hell?! "So I lost my virginity to you, told you I loved you and put up with a helluva lot in this relationship, all because I didn't care?" I yelled. *** #229 in romance 11/19/2016