❝ You haven't lived if you haven't sinned. ❞
Aurora Leane is the perfect example of what a good girl is. She's never been to any parties or done anything illegal. Has decent grades, maybe less than average, but it's the thought that counts. She never stays after her curfew, feed the strays in her neighborhood, and she has an obsession with the color, lilac. She's content on the outside, but on the inside she's hopelessly alone.
Chase King is the epitome of a bad boy, he's what your parents told you to stay away from. Parties almost every night, doesn't care about grades, and participates in illegal street-racing, but he's damm good at it. Surrounded by everyone, envied by boys, loved & cherished by girls, and their mothers, he has everything anyone could ever ask for. But all he wants is to fill the gap in his empty, hollow heart.
Some people can say Aurora lives a boring life, but in some eyes, she's just living the correct life. It's her last year at school, and she really wants to end it on a banger, but she doesn't know how. Until she meets the devilishly handsome, Chase King. He needs a tutor, and she wants to experience life, so they strike a deal. She tutors him, and in return, he shows her his world, sin city.
Are 6 months enough time to satisfy Aurora's curiosity or will she need more? Maybe the deal is what they both needed, maybe fate is finally on their side for the first time. Anything can happen in this time, and when it's over you definitely won't be the same person you started as.
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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