Hayden Jones didn't mean to blow up her high school gym. She just meant to graffiti it. Now she's got a felony and a one-way ticket to some glorified boarding school in the Pacific Northwest. Caldwell Academy is not a fresh start. It's a reform school with nice pamphlets and a fountain and a judge's order keeping her here. The kind of place where everyone's got a story they don't tell and a reason they can't leave. She wasn't planning on making friends. She definitely wasn't planning on Elwood Hall and a bed six feet from a boy who doesn't smile, doesn't talk, and looks at her like she's a problem he didn't ask for. She should've left it at that. She should've left a lot of things at that. Because Caldwell has rules. And the thing about Hayden Jones is she's never met one she wouldn't break - even the ones that exist to protect her.

[𝗦𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗟 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧, 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝟭 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧] In which two entangled culinary students unravel each other all over again. * * * After reaching a fiery boiling point that leaves their trust in ruins, spitfire Summer Westley and arrogant Ashton Banks are far from kissing and making up. But fresh scars and a bitter dose of consequences can't stop the relentless craving for one another no matter how much damage has been done. As they wrestle with the high emotions and unresolved tension simmering between them, Summer and Ashton find themselves wondering whether the lingering aftertaste of each other is strong enough to keep their future together alive - or if they were always fated to crash and burn. ────────────────────── SUNDAY UPDATES Contains mature themes - read intro for details

Book IV of the UNC Series Carter Blake has a bone-deep hatred for the world-and especially for the people in it. All he wants is to keep his head down, focus on school and basketball, and avoid the mess of human connection. After enduring years of pain at the hands of his alcoholic mother, he's determined to cut ties with her and her endless web of lies. But the past isn't content to stay buried, and the universe seems intent on collecting on debts he's been trying to forget. Addison Kelton has always been called a bitch, long before her best friend's death hardened her even further. Now, her walls are sky-high, and she's determined to keep everyone out. She drowns her invisible scars in ink, pouring everything into her art and the future she promised her best friend she'd fight for. Nothing else matters-not her overbearing stepfather and certainly not the memories that refuse to stay in the past.

❝just know that i love you. i love you with all of my fucked up, piece of a shit heart.❞ broken boy meets broken girl and together they create one big mess of shards, irreversible damage, and trauma.