Amelia is a teenage girl to whom life has never been very kind. Forced to fight with all of her demons on her own, Amelia has lost all capacity to feel any attachment or remorse towards anyone other than her childhood friend, Gen, who appears to be the only person that has ever been there for her. Betrayed and abandoned by almost everyone, Lia has turned off all of her emotions, including worries and pain as well as love. She vowed to never be weak or vulnerable again and now lives for her own benefit, going to countless parties, drinking, smoking, etc, regardless of what other people think of her reckless behavior. Everything, however, threatens to change when one ordinary night, a not-so-ordinary, mysterious stranger enters Amelia's life through her bedroom window. Will Dylan be able to thaw Amelia's frozen heart and show her that there's more to life's wonders than the things that she has experienced? Or will he just get pushed away like everyone else? Read to find out.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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