Novel Synopsis:
Being booted out of a private school has been Samantha’s dream from age six when she saw other people her age going to school without all of them looking exactly alike. She wanted to be the ruler of a domain, a place where her personality and style would be wands to release her from the bottle of confinement, and private school did not allow that global domination. She was ready for a public school, but public school was not ready for her and her kind.
Samedi had ruled all her classmates from the time she was old enough to reason without anyone challenging her. She made the term “teacher’s pet” look like winning an Emmy or any coveted award. She had everyone’s respect until this new Samantha person, a private school reject, landed in her school with effrontery, sassiness, and had the audacity to want to take over.
Samuela just wanted to exist. She did not want to control nor did she want to be controlled by anyone. That she was friends with Samedi was not really by choice but by an innate survival instinct operating within her like a Global Positioning System. She and Samedi reigned supreme with occasional mischief. Now there comes a third Sam: a fake, no less, who stole her name, and she was determined to expose this imposter.
Can a little suburban school contain three vying, spirited, spoilt, and manipulating Sams? Worst yet, will the parents of these three willful beauties see their daughters for who and what they truly are and put an end to their self-destructive and school-destructive actions before everyone is brought down with them?
The “Clash of the Titans” is an understatement when compared to the level of competition and arsenal these three young lasses unleash on each other and on anyone in their war path.
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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