Starting University is nerve racking.
When Tara leaves home for the first time to move into the dorms at university, she's excited to start this new chapter in her life. Her new roommate is cool and soon she has a new tribe of friends to hang with.
What she doesn't anticipate is her roommate's playboy brother to always be hanging around and popping up when he shouldn't be. But as Tara goes through first time life experiences, including heartbreak, she realizes that having him around might not be so bad after all. No matter how hard she tries, their paths keep crossing, and pretty soon, it gets hard not to fall for him.
Before she knows it, she becomes a part of a family and things are comfortable. But when his family member is in a terrible accident, she learns more about grief and loss than she knew possible. This coming of age novel deals with love, loss and all matters of the heart.
Vanessa Macbeth leads two lives. To the unwitting students of her High School, she's an all-star soccer player. To the wild girls who roam the street, she's a fearsome girl gang leader. And Vanessa won't rest until her best friend's killer is brought to justice. Keeping her identity secret, enjoying her last year of High School, she is waiting for the perfect time for revenge.
But everything doesn't go as planned when the school bad boy starts taking interest in her. While Vanessa is trying hard to keep her identity secret, Stefan Thompson is determined to unfold all her secrets and break all her walls to see who she really is.
Secrets are revealed. Old relationships are destroyed. New relationships are made. Loved ones are hurt. Hearts are broken.
Can Vanessa keep her identity a secret and avenge her best friend's death, or will she follow her into the grave?
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