This is NoT your typical bad boy falls for bad girl book though it does include plenty of drama and a whole load of tragedy!
Elizabeth Stallard is 17- young, confident and self assured but she's bored. She's mischievous, a bit of a dare-devil and has to die for hair but all she really craves is adventure. Is that all too much to ask for? After all, every single female heroine ever, always had a story, always does something life changing- doesn't she deserve her chance? She wishes something would happen besides her monotonous and frankly, depressing life but what will her response be when everything starts to happen at once?
James Tarroway wasn't exactly a bad-boy, he just likes to flirt (and a little more) and win fights as well as having a general dislike for authority. But he doesn't class himself as a trouble-maker even when he's forced to move to Grenwall (a tiny Welsh village in the middle of nowhere) due to his behaviour. He's depressed, moody and rude. Then he meets Jake and works on Jake's Grandpa's farm, will the stark contrast of the carefree Stallard barns and the tragedies surrounding its inhabitants shock James into paying more attention? At least if not for himself, for people he finally truly cares about...
Follow Lizzy and James's story, the chest crushing experience of mourning, the burning shame of guilt, blood-curling terror of abuse, the haunting of nightmares, the true strength of a person tempered in fire and life and the wretchedness of a jealous cow. But most of all be prepared for just how far a girl will go to protect her family -blood or chosen- and a love so powerful it could burn the entire world in flames or rise it up in glory for entire galaxies to see.
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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