Everyone thought Alicia Johnson was fine.The quiet girl. The smart girl. The girl who never caused problems.Nobody knew she cried herself to sleep. Nobody knew how lonely she felt. And nobody knew how desperate she was to finally belong.But one year can change everything.A boy's attention. A rumor. A betrayal she never saw coming.As secrets unravel and masks begin to slip, Alicia finds herself questioning everyone around her—including herself.Because sometimes the people who hurt you aren't strangers.And sometimes the people who save you are the ones you least expect.

Winning a scholarship to Kingsley Academy was supposed to change Ava Williams' life. It did. Just not in the way she imagined. Within weeks, one rivalry with the school's golden boy, Ethan Blackwood, spirals into betrayal, heartbreaking rumors, hidden secrets, and feelings neither of them ever saw coming. But what happens when your greatest enemy becomes the only person your heart can't let go of? And what if Ethan Blackwood was never the real villain? What if the one person Ava trusted was the one pulling the strings from the shadows all along? When love, pride, and revenge collide, will Ava and Ethan find their way back to each other... or lose each other forever? They say some rivals steal your spotlight. Others steal your heart.