Thalia Archer has all that she's ever wanted. She gets good grades, is captain of the swim team at her school, and has the sweetest boyfriend one could ask for. People looked at the blue eyed beauty and wished that they could, one day, walk in her footsteps. Yet, there's something missing in the young girl's life, and she couldn't seem to place it.
Then, they move in next door. The Hawthorne brothers are mysterious, sexy, and are never seen alone. They're attached at the hip. In the small town of Collingsworth, the boys start wreaking havoc. They ruin the carefully built social class, and break boundaries. Thalia can't help but be a little curious. After all, who wouldn't anyone be?
When the boys take note of the beautiful girl living next door, Thalia finds herself wanting to test her own limits. She's tired of being the 'good girl', and the Hawthorne boys are 'oh so bad'.
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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