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Paperback | 416 pages

From Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a heart-twisting romance about the truths that bind us togetherand the lies that tear us apart.

Underneath the goody two-shoes persona is damaged goodsbut can the bad boy across the street save her?

Bailey Followhill is the perfect daughter. Sweet. Charitable. Pretty. Control freak. Not a hair out of place, not an inch out of line, she is everything her troublemaking sister Daria isnt. But when her A game turns out to be a lukewarm C- at Juilliard, Baileys picture-ready life starts fraying faster than the worn satin ribbons of her pointe shoes. Shes becoming a piece of gossip. The Troubled Child. A drug abuser. No longer the girl her best friend once knew.

Lev Cole is so golden, hes got the Midas Touch. Prized quarterback. Football captain. Hottest guy in SoCal. A textbook clich. But with a girlfriend he doesnt love and a career path he doesnt value, Lev is coasting. The only two things he cares aboutBailey and becoming a pilotare out of reach.

But Lev is done being satisfied with the life others have chosen for him. He wants to pick his own cards. To demolish the seamless kingdom of lies his family stitched together on the ruins his mother left behind.

The question is, can he save his best friend and his dream before too much damage is done?

Content warnings: Self-harm, drug abuse, prescription drug addiction, loss of parents, mentions of death and suicide.