Samantha Schultz is an ordinary 16 year old girl, but is suffering a terrible case of bulling. It all becomes too much for Samantha to handle, she turns to suicide as the only way to be free.
Just as Samantha is about to kill herself, she crosses paths with a boy by the name of Adrian Rhodes. Adrian tries to help Samantha, and eventually they become friends. But will the friendship last forever.. or will it escalate to something more?
In this thrilling, romantic novel, could Adrian, despite having problems of his own, be the key to saving Samantha's life, or will Adrian not be enough to prevent her from taking her own life?
What to find out? 'The Way Things Were' is the way to find out..
(Written by Sarah McRae)
Elliot Jensen and Elliot Fintry have a lot in common. They share the same name, the same house, the same school, oh and they hate each other but, as they will quickly learn, there is a fine line between love and hate.