Joyce Oben
The one thing my parents can't shelter me from is my heart.
I nearly died the summer of my eighth grade year, and ever since then, my parents have done everything they could to keep me healthy. Now I'm a senior, and instead of feeling safe, I'm suffocating.
When my parents take my twin sisters out of town for an audition, I have my chance to show them that I'm responsible. That I can go to college on
...It was all fake dating and games until my heart got involved...
I wanted to have the best summer ever. To have my first kiss and finally get my brother's best friend to notice me.
So I talked my best friend Carson into helping.
He'd do anything for me, and I'd do the same for him. But somewhere between fake dating and pretending to fall in love with him, I fell for real.
And
...An arranged marriage and a bad boy who breaks all of the rules...
My father's been planning my wedding day for longer than I have. Since I turned seventeen, he's sent me on date after date with people from the film industry–producers, directors, actors... I've dated–and turned down–them all.
But Ryde Alexander is the worst. He's vapid, self-obsessed, and it doesn't help that his sister is evil in a pair of Louboutin
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