Maddy Kensington has it all: the perfect blonde hair, the cheerleading captain title, and a reputation as the queen bee of Crestwood High. But behind the flawless smile and the icy exterior, she's hiding secrets that no one could ever guess. Her picture-perfect life? It's just a mask to keep everyone from seeing the cracks underneath.
When the Montgomery brothers-brooding Cole and charming Jamie-move to town, they turn Maddy's world upside down. Cole is everything Maddy should avoid. Dark, brooding, and completely uninterested in her games. But there's something about the way he looks at her-as if he can see right through the facade-that sends her spinning. He's the first guy who doesn't fall at her feet, the first to challenge her in ways she never expected.
With Cole's mysterious past and his all-consuming gaze, Maddy finds herself drawn to him, despite everything.
But then there's Jamie-the golden boy who's sweet and attentive, offering her a kindness she's never known. With his easy smiles and comforting presence, Jamie makes Maddy feel like she can finally be herself again.
Two brothers. One girl with a broken past. And a dangerous love triangle that threatens to destroy everything.
Maddy never planned to fall for either of them, but now she's caught between Cole's raw intensity and Jamie's gentle touch. With secrets on all sides and loyalties tested, Maddy has to make an impossible choice. Will she choose the boy who challenges her to be brave, or the one who makes her feel safe?
"I'm sorry that I put you in this situation."
"I'm not following." I really wasn't.
"This. Us! What we did last night was reckless and so so perfect at the same time." He got up and walked over to me. "All I could think about was the look on your face. I couldn't sleep because I was thinking about the feel of your skin against mine." He came closer and now he was a breath away.
"What are you saying?" I whispered.
"I don't know."
"I thought you didn't do girlfriends."
"I don't." And just like that our lips met and the fire ignited within me again.
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You must think this is your typical love story with it's sickly sweet characters who slowly fall in love. In some aspects it is actually and in others it's the total opposite.
This is the story of how Kate Reynolds fought to keep her broken family together as well as trying to manage her fast, wild and explosive love life.
A modern, coming of age story of how an ordinary girl experiences all that she shouldn't and out of trying to fix everyone else, she tries to fix herself.