My name is Hailey. I live the perfect life. I have the perfect friends. I'm popular, according to many, I'm pretty and desirable, I'm nice and I get good grades and everyone likes me. I wouldn't change anything about my life even if I got the chance. Well, maybe except one thing.
My boyfriend.
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Meet Hailey Parker. She's the one that all the girls want to be and all the boys want to be with. She's not your normal popular girl. Hailey is nice and respectable. She doesn't talk back to the teachers, she does her work. She is in no way a bitch, every chance Hailey gets, she goes out of her way to help someone.
At first sight, Hailey seems like her life is going the exact way she would wish. No one would ever believe her if she told them that her life is the complete opposite of how she wanted it to go. They would think she's bizarre, they would think she's playing some joke on them, they might even send her to the funny farm!
Hailey's secret has been straining her since freshman year, which was also when she started dating the new boy, Mason Donalds. On the outside, Mason and Hailey seemed perfect together. They were considered the couple brought together by the gods. But on the inside, Mason was abusive and mean and the anger was something he couldn't control.
So what happens when your boyfriend is abusive? What happens when you can't leave him? Can Hailey hold on for her senior year? She's been holding on for the last two years, so what could possibly happen this year that changes everything?
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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