Meet Valerie Nicole Owens. She's very shy, sweet, and very, very nice. Most people would call her a nerd because she has straight A's, glasses. What no one knows is the side of her that breaks out when no one's around. She's very sexy, smart, sassy, and not the Valerie everyone knows.
Meet Adrian Matthew Scott. He's snappy, mean, and plain rude. Everyone at school calls him the bad boy of the school. He smokes, drinks, rides a motorcycle, and plays girls, the typical bad boy stuff. What no one knows is his past.
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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