Description:
Meet Alicia Davis, your typical straight-A going-to-an-Ivy-league-college nerd. Her work ethic is spectacular, her expectations unfathomable, but her capability of handling boys? Cero on a scale of 1 to Acceptable. This has been a habitual attribute ever since an embarrassing experience in the 7th grade that had scarred her for life.
However, her aunt Mia (Mama) wasn't going to let that continue any longer. She forces her niece to participate in a game. The objective? Simply to go on a date with a willing boy, or in 8 months, Alicia would have to go live with her in Podunk Wyoming with their Great-Aunt Betsy-with-no-teeth. A strange game at that, for Alicia would have to go through all kinds of emotional and physical changes to become "Acceptable", but there was another question: what boy would be willing to go on a date with the geek of the school?
Thus enters bad-boy Will Dawson, the classic school rebel. A modern Chuck-Norris of the era, Will is known for his tough-boy attitude that never seemed to disappear, and his willingness to disrupt an environment and torture his victims as much as possible.
The perfect opportunity seems to leap out in front of Alicia, when she is forced to tutor Will and ends up babysitting his siblings, one including a girl who is paralyzed from the waist down. This little girl gives a whole meaning to Alicia, who unintentionally discovers the secrets of Will's previous life.
The two end up needing each other as they struggle on to understand life's challenges.
Who exactly is Will Dawson? And what does he want with Alicia?
Hmm..... a classic good-girl-meets-bad-boy love story. But things are about to get a little bit more interesting;)
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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