Jesse Baker is your typical, 17-year-old, bad boy. He gets good grades. He takes all honors courses. He never loses a fight. Everyone knows who he is, and everyone wants to be his friend. He runs Lewis High School and has the attention of every girl, with the exception of one.
Kimber Ash. The cute new girl. The shiny new toy. Super smart, super sweet. Super just Jesse's type. Kimber comes from a small town in Lousiana. When she gets hurt after "falling down a flight of stairs", her mother sends her to live with her Aunt Sarah and her three sons, Rio, Romeo, and Karson, so she can focus on her recovery.
Jesse craves her attention, but Kimber wants no part of his games. She has a goal to reach, and quickly. But when he soon becomes her saving grace, what extent will Jesse go to get the girl he didn't know he was waiting for? And what will Kimber do to get him off her case, without sacrificing everything she has?
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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