North Bay High School was your average, everyday high school, run by the standard popular cliques of cheerleaders and football players.
Enter Cassandra LaRoux-Knight, the new girl. By accident, she runs into the school's "Royalty Team", slugs their leader straight in the face, and walks off, not giving a damn. At lunch, the cheerleaders praise her for standing up to the Royals, but the wannabes want to pick a fight. However, the Royals are intrigued by the new girl and attempt to make peace. She pushes them away, claiming to be a lone wolf. The Royals are determined, and by accident, they find out about her horrifying past and the nightmare she now lives in.
Will the Royals earn her trust and friendship and make her accept them? And when Cassandra's nightmare becomes all to real, will she be able to save the lives who saved hers?
Aurora Worthington's life was a picture-perfect script, written by people who cared more about appearances than authenticity. In Encino Hills, she was the queen of the high school elite-the untouchable blonde with an icy smile and a wardrobe that could grace a runway. To everyone else, she had it all. But beneath the surface, Aurora was drowning in a sea of her own insecurities, believing that love was something reserved for people who deserved it. People unlike her.
Her world was black and white-cold and lifeless-until a lanky boy from Reseda stepped into her life.
Miguel Diaz was the kind of person she had been taught to ignore. He was earnest, kind, and completely different from anyone she'd ever known. He wasn't wrapped in the privilege of Encino; he was wrapped in hope, determination, and an unshakable belief in second chances.
It was love at first sight-well, at least for Miguel. Aurora tried her best to ignore the way his big brown eyes followed her everywhere she went or how he took every opportunity to talk to her. But the more she pushed him away, the more she felt her carefully guarded walls start to crack.
For the first time in her life, Aurora wondered if someone could see past the mask she wore-and if she was brave enough to let them.