It's never been easy for her but after all this time, she's learned to live with it.
So is the life of Xiomara Estrellas: miserable and anxious, but pleasantly surprising. When news of her mother's death arrives on her doorstep, Xiomara is an unwilling victim of a past she would sooner forget. Clamoring to her life are memories of mistakes and tragedy that threaten to become renew, and she isn't sure she can stop them, not again, not now, not ever.
Enter William Johansson: smart, funny, and ridiculously handsome. Ridden with curiosity, he is drawn to the cunning and intelligent girl that is Xiomara, the first to ever turn him down. He was used to the glamour of his expensive lifestyle, used to people falling over themselves to fulfill his every needs; that is, until Xiomara.
The world is a cruel and beautiful world and it's time Will knew that and Xiomara come to terms with it.
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Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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