Serena
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  • Reads 76,216
  • Votes 2,741
  • Parts 31
  • Time 8h 58m
iRowan
Complete, First published Feb 01, 2019
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Meet Serena Carter. Your one typical-but-now- not-so-typical seventeen year old girl that's starting her senior year in high school. With now little to no friends, therapy three times a week, and a few dark secrets, all she wishes is to finish high school and leave her past behind. But when a family moves in next door, Jake Steffey makes it hard for her to fly under the radar and unexpectedly turns her life upside down. 

What Serena doesn't know, is that Jake has a few dark secrets of his own that he swore to keep hidden. As the two get to know each other better, they slowly begin to learn about the other's past.

Ranks: 
#202 in Romance  (3/5/19)
#59 in Abuse (6/16/19/19)
#34 in Healing (2/17/20)
#7 in Awareness (2/16/20)

Warning: This book may have some material that is not suited for those under the age of 14(ish.) Read at your own risk. This book is about healing, discovering one's self, and learning to live with things you can't change while growing into a young adult. It may be hard to read at times and bring both tears of joy and sorrow so again, read at your own risk.
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If You Love Me

22 parts Complete Mature

"If you love me, you won't leave me." Jessie has believed those words from her boyfriend, Josh, since senior year of high school. She loves him and doesn't want to leave him. Not even when he shouts at her and hits her. Jessie's best friend, Kolleen, can't stand seeing her in that situation. With a bit of convincing - and the worst beating she'd ever received - Jessie agrees to move into an apartment with Kolleen. But not long after, Jessie is scared the worst of her nightmares will soon become a reality. Josh goes missing, and suddenly Jessie would swear she's being followed. One night changes everything, and one person soon changes Jessie's outlook. A responding officer from that fateful night begins to seek her out, at first claiming it's part of his job. As she spends time with her new friend outside of his job, she starts realizing that her feelings are evolving. After being abused for over a year, Jessie is terrified she's falling in love. What's even more terrifying is that he might be, too. She isn't ready for love. Not yet. She makes up her mind that if he is falling, and if he does love her, he'll wait for her to be ready, and if she loves him, she won't let herself hurt him. Can the words that used to cage her in really be the key to her freedom? --- Featured On: @NA: Take a seat and let it be | Mature Content and 18+ reading list @NA: You deserve the world | Mental Health reading list Ambys Top Picks New Adult 2023

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