Nicole Sanders was just an average teenage girl. Nothing too special about her. She watched as everyone around her, friends, family members... fall in love. Nicole was still waiting for her prince charming, someone to swoop her off her feet, bring her butterflies in her tummy, someone that would make her entirely and completely happy. After turning 17, barely even having a makeout, or never felt loved by any boy. She never thought in a million years someone could ever love her.
That is, until Toby Green moved to Eaglewood. The new bad boy of the school, the player, the boy who plays girls around like they're toys.
Nicole will go through lots, almost giving up, losing friends, gaining friends, going through the struggles of a teenage girl, and maybe, just maybe, fall in love.
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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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