After years away, Marley and Josh return to their hometown high school and fall in love. Can their relationship survive sex, lies and secrets from their past? ***** Forced out of boarding school after her mother's death, high school student Marley Thompson made a promise to never conform to the standards of others. Headed back home after a scandal in Australia, bad boy boxer Josh Baker returns to the same school. Sharing dark pasts and keeping their own secrets, Marley and Josh meet and find a connection they never thought they'd have. Still, Josh's friends and family try to end the relationship before it begins, and Josh has to move back to Australia after he graduates. Having been hurt before, will Marley and Josh let their relationship die? Or will they risk it all and fight for each other? Content and/or Trigger Warning: Sexual Content and Mature Language. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

"They never thought it would end as it did..." Keenan Lockhart is the star quarter back of his senior football team. He has money, girls, and the good grades. Jesse Cress is the son of a murderer, the brother of a runaway, and the town's bad boy. He has passing grades, a crappy job, and no girl he can trust. The two hate each other after the incident two years prior and they won't stop until they see the other suffer. So when the option arises to end the battle between the two and win the war they take it. At the expense of the hearts of two innocent girls. Book 1. Sequel is Find Your Own Way