Scarlett is the average hormonal, unstable teenager with a few differences. First of all, she has her life mostly figured out. She's in an amazing relationship with Dean and she's on her way to becoming the next best-selling author, or editor, or librarian. She has backups. Secondly, she suffers every day of her life from crippling depression, but that only motivates her more. If she works hard now, she'll be happy in the future, right?
But Scarlett's entire world is dissolved by the piercing, crystal blue eyes of the equally tortured new boy. Nate may be dating Scarlett's best friend, but he only seems to have eyes for Scarlett.
Is she willing to destroy her relationship with Dean for a chance with Nate? Is she willing to obliterate her friendship with Jinx after all they've been through? More than anything, is she willing to love Nate, even when it becomes apparent that he isn't what he seems?
When bubbly Emerson Kachi Smith starts working for the handsome Lucas Hendrix, she quickly discovers there's something hot and untamed behind his cold exterior...
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When bubbly Emerson Kachi Smith is offered a job as the personal assistant to the cold and handsome Lucas Hendrix, she's left wondering why. After all, she has no credentials to speak of, and working for a paranoid billionaire CEO who's impossible to please is far from easy. But a few weeks into her job, she begins to realize that she can't judge a book by its cover. Left alone to discover the mystery behind Lucas's cold exterior and to tame her uncontrollable desire to comfort him, she learns they have a lot more in common than she ever thought possible. Could their two lonely hearts share the same dream for happiness?
[[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]
Cover designed by April Alforque
Former title 'Coffee And Papers'