Jessica is a 12 year old girl who's managed a horrible lifestyle. The government had granted all year round schools a full 400 days off. She has no friends there, and her mom pays the bills in the house by selling her body from inside of her home. But one day, her mother picks up a man who lives a double life, and has children already. He appears sweet on the outside, and violent on the inside. When Jessica kills the man, Jessica is forced to live with the man's family for a whole year to do community service in the area where he lived. This family is rich and wealthy, but she has to figure out a way to manage with his 17, 15, 14, and 13 year old children. And his children, are not interested in making her feel welcome.

Ne'Vaeh Boyd is very well known and the most popular girl in school. Jacob Perez is new and town and already labeled as the nerd, but is keeping a huge secret from Ne'Vaeh. What happens when she finds out this secret that can possibly put her life in danger? Rumors, scandals, and drama. What will happen when these two worlds collide? They say the law of attraction is strong, but is it really?

| 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.