"Our love story started long before Carter and I ever actually met.
And when you think about it, most love stories start that way."
17 year old Brooklyn Taylor has everything. She has the perfect boyfriend, the looks, the body, she's head of the school's cheerleading squad, and she just leads the perfect life of a Florida girl. Every girl wants to be her.
But then her dad tells her that they are soon to be leaving for Chicago. Leaving her perfect boyfriend and perfect life behind, she goes.
There, she meets 18 year old Carter Walker; the bad boy in town. Carter is her new neighbour and, soon to be, worst enemy. But he isn't the "worst enemy" who she hates with a passion. Because she loves him. He is the only good thing to come out of leaving Florida. Little does she know, Carter feels the exact same way about her (though he keeps trying to deny it).
But what happens when Brooklyn's ex boyfriend from Florida comes to visit her in Chicago? Will she fall for his dashing looks once again? Or is Carter really worth keeping?
Follow Brooklyn Taylor on this heart breaking, passionate, love story as she tries to fit in with the Chicago kids and find her out who her true love is . . .
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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