Carter, better known as Wade, never put up with the BS most people gave her, with her tattoos, piercings, I-don't-give-a-fuck mentality, and sharp tongue she got the reputation as "badass" pretty easily, but she never came close to being as badass as Rickie Walker, the school's hottest player and detention junkie. He seemed to run the school and, after their little incident the first day Carter moved to California, he ran her. The two things Rickie knew how to do the best were: charm and blackmail. But Carter had one thing on him that no one else did: she didn't fall to her knees and kiss his ass like everyone else. After a night of partying where Rickie save's the last bit of Carter's drunken dignity, their relationship gets intense and heated and deadly, two lions battling for dominance, fighting to the death against these new feelings that are erupting within them...Can they twist love into hate or will love twist their lives together instead of apart like they wanted?
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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