From USA Today bestselling author Judy Corry comes a passion and angst-charged romance about star-crossed best friends and the secrets that threaten to tear them apart.
I'm trying very hard not to be in love with my best friend. After all, we've 'been there, done that.' Or rather, we dated for three amazing weeks last spring before Scarlett's overprotective dad found out and made her break up with me.
And now that I've left her dad's church, there's no chance for us. I'm considered dangerous-a threat. Though, it's really the secrets I hold that scare Pastor Caldwell the most.
As long as I don't talk about why I left The Fold, her dad won't transfer Scarlett from our private boarding school before graduation.
But when Scarlett is set up with a college guy from their church, I know waiting on the sidelines is no longer an option. I need to break out of the friend zone. Fast.
If only doing that didn't require telling her the secret I've been keeping for six months.
Because when Scarlett discovers the truth, I might just lose her forever.
She swore off guys. He swore to protect her.
After a series of cheating ex-boyfriends, Emma goes on a self-prescribed boy cleanse and plans to spend her senior year focused on the important things in life, like deciding on a which college to attend. She has no idea she’s an heiress with a target on her back and boys are the least of her worries.
Arie thinks his college internship will be easy: pose as a high school senior and protect Emma. He never expected to fall for her.
Sparks ignite, but danger is near. If Arie can’t keep Emma hidden, her fate will be infinitely worse than falling for the guy she shouldn’t want.
PROTECT MY HEART is perfect for readers who enjoy sweet YA romance with ballad-worthy chemistry, passionate kisses and endearing characters.
Would a billionaire’s son ever fall for his maid?
Maybe in a fairytale.
But in real life? I’m not holding my breath.
I’ve always been invisible to Nash Hastings—the beautiful boy I’ve been in love with since one magical night last summer.
A night he doesn’t even remember.
Until an accidental text puts it back on his radar.
But I can’t tell him the girl he met at his family’s garden party is now a housekeeper in his family’s mansion.
Because if he knew it was me he was texting, the fairytale would be over.
I’m no princess and don’t belong in his world.
If only my heart knew its place.
Tropes:
- Billionaire/Maid
- Boy Next Door
- Accidental Text/Secret Pen Pal
- Unrequited Crush
- Night Only One of Them Remembers
- Fake Boyfriend Moments
- Steamy-Clean Kisses
- Forced Proximity
- He Takes Care of Her When She’s Sick
When I found out I was cast opposite my crush in the school musical, I thought it was a dream come true.
Nash Hastings is the type of guy a 'good girl' like me should want. He's sweet, attentive, loyal, and best of all, he finally asked me on a date.
It's the perfect setup for an onstage romance to move offstage.
There's just one problem: Asher Park-the bad-boy rumored to have been involved in the mysterious disappearance of his ex last spring-is also in the play.
I know I shouldn't get involved with Asher. That he's possibly dangerous and the exact type of guy I always get burned by. But the more I get to know him, the less I want to believe the rumors.
Nash and Asher are sworn rivals and before I know it, I'm caught in the middle.
In most fairytales, the princess ends up with the prince. But this might not be that kind of fairytale.
From the USA Today bestselling author of It Was Always You comes a heart-pounding romance between the girl next door and the boy determined to push her away.
Everyone has three lives. A public life, a private life, and a secret life.
I'm a junior in high school, and yet, I've never been on a date. Everybody says it's because my overprotective brothers scare all the guys away, but I can't help wondering if there's something wrong with me.
That is, until I hear a rumor that I'm secretly dating my brothers' best friend. What?
Sure, I used to think Mack was the most perfect guy in the universe, but I got over that crush years ago. And even though he teases my brothers about taking me to Make-Out Point, there's no way he'd actually make good on that threat. I've only ever been the dorky girl next door to him.
But when Mack's sleepwalking episodes lead him to staying a few nights on the trundle bed in my room and we talk and share things we never tell anyone else, I start to wonder if a secret relationship is exactly what I want.
My brothers have made it clear that Mack is never allowed near me. But what my brothers don't know can't hurt them, right?
This audiobook includes My Mistletoe Mix-Up, which will play after When We Began.
When We Began: I never paid much attention to my best friend's older brother until he refused to kiss me. After that humiliating day, I promised myself that Liam Turner would regret ever making me feel less than worthy.
But then I got stuck spending the week at his house.
So to make the best of the situation, I made plans to find my next summer boyfriend and flaunt it in Liam's face. Revenge was working great until Liam made a U-turn and targeted his charm and hotness on me.
A practice date? Sure. I'd show him what he'd been missing.
Falling for the enemy was not on the agenda.
My Mistletoe Mix-Up: When Raven Rodgers finds out her longtime crush is back in town, she's convinced her bad luck with guys has finally changed. That is until she mistakenly kisses her crush's twin brother, Logan Carmichael, who has been her sworn enemy since childhood.
But it's been eighteen months since she last saw Logan, and he claims he's not the same guy she used to hate. When they're thrown together for a Christmas charity event, Logan seems determined to prove he's nicer than he used to be. But can a bad boy really change his ways enough to change her heart?
When my math tutor made me sign a contract promising I wouldn't fall in love with him, I thought he was joking.
He wasn't.
Yes, Carter Hastings is the prince of Eden Falls Academy-one of the most beautiful humans on earth-and boy, does he know it. But I can use this to my advantage. Since I basically signed a paper saying I'd never catch feelings for him, it makes my plan even more perfect.
So I offer him a deal: a fake relationship. The arrangement helps Carter get revenge on his ex and helps me hide the fact that I'm not smart enough to be at this prestigious school. Win-win.
Only, as we pretend to be in a relationship, I find out he's different from what I expected. He's better. So much better. And when he kissed me last night, I just wanted it to be real.
But as I'm searching for a loophole in that stupid contract I signed, a huge family secret comes to light and all the sparks I started feeling for my fake boyfriend suddenly become forbidden.
I know I should walk away from him. That I should go back to keeping our tutoring sessions strictly professional . . . But I don't want to.
Her crush is back. Too bad he's off-limits.
Alyssa thinks she has everything figured out. Varsity cheerleading. Straight A's. Even a date to the upcoming formal. But when Jace Carmichael, the boy she secretly kissed last summer, moves back to town, her life doesn't seem so perfect anymore.
Jace is back in Ridgewater and confident he's over Alyssa. After all, she's moving on with his best friend and doesn't seem to remember their kiss from last summer-the one he hasn't been able to forget. But if she's happy, he's happy. Or so he tells himself.
But when his best friend offers Jace a chance to win her back without ruining their friendship, it's an offer he can't resist. One week to charm Alyssa and if he succeeds, his best friend will step aside. The bet is dumb, but Jace is desperate for a chance at Alyssa's heart. But is taking a chance on love really worth the risk?
They broke the rules. He broke her heart. Does their love deserve a second chance?
Sixteen-year-old Juliette Cardini has been keeping a secret for months. Before she went to her semester abroad in Paris, she dated her best friend's older brother, Easton Stevens. What had started as a whirlwind romance filled with forbidden meetings, came to a crashing halt when they crossed a line together that neither of them could return from.
Now she's back in Ridgewater and has to face everyone she left behind. But there's one more secret she is afraid for anyone to discover. She's pregnant. And Easton is the father.
But she has a plan: go to her grandma's house in Buffalo for the next few months. Keep the baby a secret. No one will ever have to know. But when Juliette sees signs that Easton might want a second chance, she wonders if keeping everything to herself is the best choice.
Can a relationship built on such a rocky foundation have a chance at a happy ending? And what will Easton do if Juliette's secret comes out?
Sparks are flying between these best friends. Could a practice kiss change everything?
Seventeen-year-old Eliana Costa has never kissed a guy. Her best guy friend, Jess, is more than willing to help her out. He has plenty of experience, since he finds a new girlfriend every other week. But when a practice kiss brings on feelings Eliana hadn't bargained for, her already messy life is thrown into a new level of chaos.
Life is already more than she can handle after her dad's disappearance. Eliana worries that if she admits her feelings to Jess, she just might lose her best friend. And right now, a best friend is all she needs. But when another girl tries to date Jess, Eliana is forced to decide if taking a chance on love is worth the risk.
What's the first rule when pretending to date your brother's best friend? Don't let feelings get involved.
Sixteen-year-old Lexi Stevens has never been kissed-never even been asked on a date. So when she humiliates herself in front of her crush and her brother's best friend offers to be her fake boyfriend for the week to make him jealous, she doesn't know if it's the stupidest idea ever, or a dream come true.
When Noah Taylor gets kicked out of his house by his abusive stepdad, the last thing he needs is for anyone at school to find out-not even his best friend. But when his new "girlfriend" discovers him sleeping in his car and offers to let him sleep in her closet, he starts to wonder if he's found someone he can confide in after all.
Pretty soon Noah and Lexi are putting on a big show in front of the whole school while sneaking around behind her overprotective father's back. It isn't long before feelings develop and it becomes harder and harder to discern between what's fake and what's real.
A dark Chemistry lab. A fake British accent. It's all fun and games until somebody falls in love.
When sixteen-year-old, Ashlyn Brooks, runs into a sweet British guy in the dark Chemistry lab, she has no idea she's actually sitting in the pitch black room with her longtime rival, Luke Davenport. She also doesn't know that she's stepped into another one of the football captain's pranks. It isn't long before she's sharing things she's never told anyone, and starting to fall for the mysterious guy with a sexy accent who seems to understand her in a way no one ever has before.
When Luke's mom dies the summer before his senior year, he turns to pranking Ashlyn to keep his mind off his loss. But the more he gets to know her, the more he regrets using his fake British accent in the first place. Soon Luke is walking the thin line of keeping his lies a secret and wishing he could tell her that the boy she's falling for is really him.
