Before You Leave
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Complete, First published May 27, 2020
Mature
(Before You Leave #1)
She was sent to boarding school over the smallest of mistakes...

Okay, burning down your schools gym might have been a big one. But she didn't mean to do it. This time. And she's certainly no snitch. 

She's had a fine life. But she wanted something more. And so she created chaos. 

She was misjudged and misunderstood. 

And now she's the havoc of Birchwood Prep. They call her the devil's bitch, the principal's worst nightmare, and a screwed up whore. 

They can think what they want, JJ Ashton has heard these all throughout high school. She doesn't want a future, she just wants to take control of now. She's everything Birchwood Prep doesn't want, but is deemed to get after her Father decided it was the only option for her to find some discipline. 

She's not going to make it that easy for them. 


Gideon Andrews is the perfect student. Good grades, never missed a day, and never had been in trouble of any sort. He thinks life is great, but meeting JJ, she thinks life for him could be better. Less plain and vanilla. 

He hates her guts. It's mutual for her as well. 

But the headmaster has made it Gideon's personal mission to get her back on track and into a better life. She's allowed two screw ups, has to join a sports team, pass all of her classes with at least a C and get some friends before the year is over, or she will be held back. 

And she's not about to go another year in the hellhole called high school.


(Marked mature for language and brief talk about sex.)
*Still editing parts/making corrections*
(Sequel is called: When I Stay)
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