Aurora Rivers paints like she feels-messy, bold, all heart. She's always been a little too much: too wild, too emotional, too unpredictable. Aspen Ashford? He's never been allowed to be anything but perfect. Son of a powerful family, raised on rules, pressure, and a name that comes with expectations.
They were never supposed to meet, let alone fall for each other. Not at Walton Academy, where money talks and reputations matter more than feelings. But somehow, they did. It was intense. It was real. And it ended-badly.
Eight years later, they're back, older, maybe wiser, and definitely still bruised. A reunion neither of them wanted brings them face to face again. For Aspen, it feels like fate. For Aurora, it feels like a wound she never really let heal.
As sparks fly, so do the truths they never faced. The love they had? It was never simple. And the past they shared might be even more complicated than Aurora remember. Because maybe Aspen wasn't just the boy she once loved-maybe he was the one thing she's never stopped needing.
💭 "I loved her in every timeline, even the one she forgot."
It has always been Rose and Will. Although they hate each other, they can't deny the pull towards each other that they've had since they were 6.
The Duchanne and Cole family have worked together for years and rule over the popular town, Riverbrook. Everyone knows them. Everyone wants to be them. Everyone wants to be friends with them. Everyone thinks about how lucky they are, how rich they are. They are the reigning Prince and Princess of their high school and yet apart from their closet friends, no one can see through their broken facades...
Rose Duchanne's family broke down a long time ago when her mother left, leaving her to pick up the pieces. William Cole has always been angry, at the world and at everyone, and is a borderline alcoholic at only 18.
Since Will went away to boarding school two years ago, there has been a small hole in Rose's heart since he had left. Trying to distract herself with her friends, her queen status and partying, she can never seem to get Will to escape her thoughts and wonders why he left. Will is back and is hiding a big secret from everyone, including Rose, about the real reason why he left. Two broken souls find their way back to each other through love and hatred that always seem to get mixed up.
Rose and Will have always been each other's biggest chance at love and the biggest risk of each other's downfall....
(MAY INCLUDE TRIGGERS FOR ALCOHOL: DRUGS : ADDICTION: DEPRESSION:EATING DISORDER)