The Scholarship Between UsSeventeen-year-old Amara Bennett has never had much. Growing up in a small apartment with her mother, who works tirelessly as a janitor at the prestigious Westbridge College, Amara has learned that dreams are expensive—and that sometimes, simply surviving is an achievement.But Amara is brilliant.When she receives a full scholarship to Westbridge College, one of the most prestigious private high schools in the country, she believes her life is finally changing. For the first time, she finds herself surrounded by students who have private drivers, designer clothes, expensive vacations, and family names engraved on buildings. Amara, on the other hand, arrives with secondhand uniforms and the constant reminder that her mother cleans the very hallways she walks through.At first, Amara tries to keep her head down and focus on her studies. But her presence quickly attracts the attention of Westbridge's most powerful students—especially Alexander "Alex" Kingsley, the school's basketball superstar and golden boy.Alex's family helped establish Westbridge College. His father and grandfather are among the school's founders, and his name carries enormous influence. He is rich, handsome, popular, talented, and used to getting whatever he wants.Amara is everything he isn't.Their first meeting is disastrous. Alex mocks her scholarship alongside with his girlfriend Audrey, makes cruel jokes about her background, and joins his friends in making her feel like an outsider. Amara refuses to be intimidated, however, and the more Alex teases her, the more fiercely she fights back.But somewhere between the arguments, stolen glances, late-night conversations, and unexpected moments of kindness, something changes.Alex begins to see the girl behind the scholarship.And Amara begins to see the boy behind the privilege.Unfortunately, Alex's former girlfriend, Audrey Sterling—the beautiful, influential, and ruthless queen bee of Westbridge—has no intention of allowing Amara to take her place in Alex's heart.When Alex finally confesses that he has fallen in love with Amara, she is faced with the hardest decision of her life. Audrey secretly threatens to use her family's influence to have Amara's scholarship withdrawn if she accepts Alex's love.Terrified of losing the opportunity that could change her and her mother's lives forever, Amara rejects Alex without telling him the truth.Alex is heartbroken and confused.Amara is forced to watch the boy she loves return to the girl who destroyed her confidence.But secrets never stay hidden forever.As Audrey's lies begin to unravel, Amara discovers that the greatest threat to her future may not be Audrey at all. And Alex must decide whether he is willing to risk his family's reputation, his place at Westbridge, and everything he has ever known to stand beside the girl he once bullied.In a world where money can buy almost everything, Amara and Alex must discover whether love can survive the distance between their two worlds.Because sometimes, the hardest part of falling in love isn't admitting how you feel.It's believing that you deserve to be loved at all.