Cassandra Hastings, Cassie for short, isn't a bad girl. She's just been caught at the wrong times, and this time, it costs her the life she had in America. The life that'll soon be moved to a boarding school in Belgium named "Duchene Academy", away from her friends, family, the only thing following her is one very big secret.
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Cassie is a survivor, it's all she's ever been doing her whole life, surviving from her parents lies, her fears, her tears and her secrets. She's guarded herself from this world, only ever knowing how to protect and attack, but at this new boarding school, can the talk of the town, Jonah Dugray, pull out the person she's been trying to push down all these years? Can one boy she's just meet figure her out quicker then her compulsive parents, the two people she's been with for 17 years.
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Both Jonah and Cassie may seem different on the outside, a "bad boy" with a whole empire and future built awaiting for him and a "bad girl" with a misunderstood story and secret scars embedded into her. But what's on the inside? With friendships that cause chaos, boys that cause guilty pleasure, betrayal played in those close to her heart, what will Cassie do with her new life at boarding school. Especially when there's a boy who won't stop trying to discover what's behind her cool facade of notebooks and novels. Can she find out what's underneath the perfect family, smile and flirtatious remarks of the boy standing in front of her pretend?
Fallon's sole ambition in life is to escape her miserable hometown once and for all. She dreams of driving away in her convertible and leaving her painful past behind.
Just one problem, her beloved convertible needs a serious overhaul before she can drive it anywhere, and car repairs cost money, a lot of money. The kind of money she doesn't have.
Archer Hastings moved to town last year. He's quiet, perpetually brooding, and always has a hood drawn over his head. He's the school outcast, a recluse. He also has a knack for resurrecting hopeless vehicles.
There's just one catch - he adamantly refuses to help Fallon with hers.
However, the gears of fate start turning when Fallon discovers Archer's hidden weakness. He's in love with their head cheerleader, Caroline Williams. But Fallon has a secret too, and her little secret just might help Archer get out of his whole unrequited love situation.
So Archer and Fallon make a pact. He fixes her convertible for her, and she helps him win over Caroline.
Easy, right?
Except, as Fallon spends time with Archer, she begins to see a side of him that defies his mysterious facade. There's a warmth beneath his quiet demeanor, an intensity in his gaze that sparks something unexpected within her.
Now she just needs to make sure she gets her car fixed without getting her heart broken.