My name is Layice Perez. Not going to lie I have a bit of an anger issue. I also have purple eyes that aren't contacts and it really pisses me off when people say otherwise. They are my eyes not yours, shut up. Since money is tight I am fortunate enough to go live with my moms rich best friend and her cocky son. I have rules like don't insult my friends, don't insult my mom, and my personal favorite don't fall in love. I refuse to. Yet how come my heart beats faster every time I think of a certain some one. Or maybe two certain someone's. Yah I'm in deep, but who could love a girl like me? My father didn't, so why should anyone else?

After getting kicked out of boarding school, bad boy Derek Fitzpatrick has no choice but to live with his ditzy stepmother while his military dad is deployed. Things quickly go from bad to worse when he finds out she plans to move them back to her childhood home in Illinois. Derek’s counting the days before he can be on his own, and the last thing he needs is to get involved with someone else’s family drama. Ashtyn Parker knows one thing for certain--people you care about leave without a backward glance. So when her older sister comes home after abandoning her ten years earlier, with her hot new stepson in tow, Ashtyn wants nothing to do with either of them. Then she comes up with a plan that would finally give her the chance to leave, but it requires trusting Derek—someone she barely knows, someone born to break the rules. Is she willing to put her heart on the line to try and get the future she wants? This is a preview of the first 10 chapters. The full book is available for sale at all retailers.