Part of Brayshaw High, book 1
First published 2019
The social worker's warning rings clear: keep your head down at this school for troubled teens. The new girl doesn't listen. She refuses to follow the unspoken rules that govern Brayshaw High, where a group of boys controls the social hierarchy like kings ruling their domain. They expect her to fall in line, to accept whatever place they assign her in their carefully constructed order. She won't play their games. The boys are attractive and powerful, used to getting their way with everyone who walks these halls. But this girl got in their way, and now she's caught their attention. They're determined to make her follow their rules. She's equally determined to resist. The clash between her defiance and their control creates a dangerous tension that threatens to upend everything at Brayshaw High. In this battle of wills, neither side wants to back down.
Genres: drama, young-adult, dark-romance, contemporary-romance, new-adult
Vibes: dark, edgy, gritty, intense, tension-filled
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, new-girl, power-struggle
Setting: Brayshaw High
454 pages · Paperback · Bloom Books
Content warnings: abuse, toxic-relationship