When 16 year old good girl Teagan Willows and 17 year old bad boy Cameron Matthews are partnered together for their junior year Marriage Project, its a real competition for who hates the idea the most; Cameron, who has to deal with Teagan's sarcastic answers, Teagan, who has to suffer through Cameron's cheesy one-liners and lazy butt-headedness, or Meagan Sanders, Queen Bee and Cameron's clingly wannabe girlfriend/follower. Let's just say that it's too close to call, and that absolutely no one is happy about this.
But soon the two opposites become closer than they would have thought. Coffee "dates" are made, favors are asked, secrets are told, and the two form a special kind of connection. But what happens when the Marriage Project finishes? Cameron goes back to his life of parties, sleeping around, and all around popularity, and Teagan goes back to her life of books, video games and Netflix? But what if one of them develops feelings? Its not Cameron of course. Bad boys dont do love.
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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