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Willow Lake Huntington seems like the quintessential high‑school star: smart, beautiful, with an influential family, and dating the campus favorite, Jaden. But beneath the surface, she lives in the shadows of lies and guilt, haunted by a dark family secret that she fears will explode whenever someone pries into her past.
After a revelation about her family's history lands she as the target of relentless bullying, Willow’s spirit is crushed. She vows to survive graduation and start fresh in Middleton, but destiny takes a turn when Brody, a new transfer to Cassidy High, arrives. Brody’s presence draws her out of her cocoon, showing her what it feels like to truly live again.
With Brody’s support, Willow begins to dream of a normatively happy life devoid of abuse. Yet as she and Brody grow closer, the secret she has buried threatens to come to light, putting both her future and her safety at risk.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Romance
Authors: Michelle Pickett
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