Books like When you were mine by Rebecca Serle
In Southern California’s high school, Rosaline Caplet and her best friend Rob Monteg finally become a couple. Their happiness is threatened when Rosalie’s estranged cousin Juliet returns, chasing Rob with an unstable, needy, and vindictive approach. Rosalie must protect her boyfriend’s feelings and his life as a teenage romance unfolds amid family and emotional turmoil.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Rebecca Serle
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