Beautiful Disaster, Mercer Edition

Leane Coppern has always believed she's painfully ordinary, senior year and her only plan is simple: stay invisible, survive her classes, and if the universe is feeling generous, finally get her childhood crush, Neo Mercer, to notice her as something more than the awkward girl next door.

But everything spirals off-course the moment Gabrien Mercer returns.

Gabrien, Neo's older brother and Leane's long-time nemesis, the boy who perfected the art of making her life miserable. Except the Gabrien who walks back into town isn't the same one she remembers, he's taller and sharper, unfairly gorgeous, with ocean-blue eyes that see too much with a smirk that promises trouble.

And yet he's different.

The bad boy edge is still there, but now he challenges her in ways she didn't expect and he pushes her to step out of the quiet shell she's built. He annoys her, provokes her and tests her patience. And somehow brings to life the version of herself she buried years ago.

As Gabrien weaves himself back into her world, Leane is forced to confront a terrifying possibility: The boy she once swore she hated beyond redemption might be the very person destined to protect her even from herself.

Warning: This story contains a dangerously swoon-worthy bad boy, chaotic banter and questionable life choices, unexpected character development, the increasing urge to Google if cloning someone is possible on eBay.