When it hurts (ongoing)
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Last published Tue, Jul 11, 2023
After spending recent years mourning the suicide of her twin brother, 17 year old Nora nelson begins to find peace in her sorrows. Her priorities realign and she returns to school after a concerning amount of absences. Fighting through senior year of high school would be easy - had she not accidentally smashed the popular basketball players phone.
Austin rivers is an overly confident, respected basketball player in Nora's high school and brings with him the attention Nora desperately tries to avoid. As time goes on, the differences between them begin to submerge. Although the fine line between love and hate begins to form a clear barrier when the dark secrets Austin has kept hidden from Nora come into light - threatening whatever it is they have built. Nora is thrown into a never ending game of who she can and can't trust, Austin quickly going from her friend to a liability.
You know what they say- everyone has a dark side.
Book one in the burning red series. (Can be read as a stand-alone)
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