Books like Just You and Me (Wildfire) by Ann Martin

Teenagers in high school grapple with friendship, romance, and hidden secrets while trying to maintain the illusion of being flawless.

Harriet Rothman faces sudden financial ruin when her father dies, forcing her to rent out her family home to widower Martin Blake. As she becomes an unexpected mother‑figure to Martin’s autistic son Peter, her own hopes and relationships are tested.

A high school romance story where the second best girl unexpectedly lands the first place date with the sophisticated Ryan Gallagher.

In her senior year, Kate Ryan discovers Brian Donahue loves someone else and launches a bold scheme to win him back, enlisting a new student, Adam Tranter, as the spark to ignite jealousy—only to find her feelings are shifting in unexpected ways.

High‑schooler Beth falls hard for her English teacher, Terry Evans, and must decide whether her crush is just affection or something deeper – risking her friendship and future in the process.

Sisters Jenny and Pam navigate rivalry and love when the new boy Mark arrives, forcing Jenny to confront her insecurities and dreams of an impossible romance.

In the rugged American West, cardsharp Evelyn Starr Johnson captivates prospector Matt "Reno" Moran, weaving love, intrigue, and a hidden gold map into a tale of risk and romance.

Seventh‑grader Mila faces unwanted advances from classmates and learns to stand up for herself in karate class.

When Julie Talbott’s father dies, she moves to a new state, a new school and must learn to navigate high‑school drama, loneliness and a crush on the local popular boy, Eric Ford.

Juliet has lots of friends who are boys, but no real boyfriend. Why can't she be like her younger sister? Even Barbara has a boyfriend. Then comes the first phone call. "Did my heart love till now?" asks a boy's voice, quoting from Shakespeare. The caller hangs up without telling Juliet his name, but the voice sounds familiar... One week later, comes another call. And after that, another, and another. Someone really cares about her! But who? Is one of Juliet's friends her secret Romeo? [text from book jacket]

Carole and Steve story the election for high‑school president could connect or separate them as their political minds clash.

GOOD-LOOKING COWBOY, sensitive, intelligent, 21 years old wishes to correspond with equally understanding, sophisticated city girl. ---------- Janie Downs, unsophisticated, small town, sixteen-year-old, sees the magazine ad and knows it's the "something exciting" she's been waiting for! She begins writing secretly to Duke McCoy and pretends she's all the things he wants - including older. Peter, Janie's boyfriend - good-looking, smart, fun, and the star of the basketball team - adores Janie. But when she loses herself in her dreams of Duke, Peter gets tired of being second best...and walks away. Then Duke writes that he's coming for a visit, and Janie panics! What will Duke think when he meets the real Janie? And has she lost Peter forever? [text from book jacket]

On the run . . .Elena Gilbert's love, the vampire Stefan Salvatore, has been captured and imprisoned by demonic spirits who are wreaking havoc in Fell's Church. While her friends Bonnie and Meredith explore the evil that has taken over their town, Elena goes in search of Stefan.In order to find him, she entrusts her life to Stefan's brother, Damon Salvatore, the handsome but deadly vampire who wants Elena, body and soul. Along with her childhood friend Matt, they set out for the slums of the Dark Dimension, where Stefan is being held captive. It is rumored to be a world where vampires and demons roam free, but humans must live enslaved to their supernatural masters. . . .Elena will stop at nothing to free Stefan. Yet with each passing day the tension between Elena and Damon grows, and she is faced with a terrible decision: Which brother does she really want?Back in Fell's Church, Bonnie and Meredith have made some dire discoveries. They hastily try to follow Elena and warn her—only to be caught up in Elena's most dangerous adventure yet.

A determined young poet, Carl Foster, pursues the famed opera singer Rosetta Rose despite a series of deadly mishaps, all while the jealous ghost of Lord Clarenceux watches.

In the halls of Pine Ridge High, Olympic skater Paul Taylor arrives, setting off a contest for his attention and the title role in the school’s ice show between Lindsey Matthews and Becky Williams.

In a remote Hebridean island, Mairi brings home Thomas, a fragile orphan, igniting jealousy in her partner Sandy and reshaping their relationship over time and tragedy.

A young boy mimics the way each animal he observes walks.

"Jenny Mollen is an actress and writer living in Los Angeles. She is also a wife, married to a famous guy (which is annoying only because he gets free [stuff] and she doesn't). She doesn't want much from life. Just to be loved by everybody: her parents, her dogs, her ex-boyfriends, her ex-boyfriends, dogs, her husband, her husband's ex-girlfriends, her husband's ex-girlfriend's new boyfriends, etc. Some people might call that impulse crazy, but isn't 'crazy' really just a word boring people use to describe fun people? (And Jenny is really, really fun)"--Dust jacket flap.

A tense, contemporary romance where a rebellious young woman is imprisoned at the secluded Blackchurch mansion and must navigate a dangerous game with a cruel Alpha male prisoner. Suspense, enemies‑to‑lovers dynamics and a dark, high‑school‑era backdrop drive the story.

In an American high school, girls unite to confront boys who disrespect them as part of a protest over a new class on women’s rights, turning the situation into a lesson on assertiveness.