Heartbreak Hill

Three things my mother acquired when she became engaged: 1.) A brand new Tiffany's ring; 2.) A lavish home on Heartbreak Hill; and 3.) Three privileged stepsons. The last thing I expected was to fall for one of them, least of all Thayer Ames. Beautiful, brooding, and untouchable. I knew it was a bad idea. He warned me himself. But he was a thunderstorm, and I never could resist the rain. It was perfect . . . until it wasn't. One night was all it took for our world to crumble, leaving only secrets and lies between us. Now, I have to face him again, but the boy I used to know has become the man who loves to hate me. Contains mature themes.

He thinks he can break my heart, but you have to have a heart in order for it to break... It was supposed to be a one-time thing. Nothing more than a momentary lapse in sanity with my best friend's stepbrother that we agreed to never speak of again. Simple. Or at least it should've been, considering we didn't even like each other. But the universe has a sick sense of humor, because after avoiding Holden for the better part of a year, we both end up at Hadley University. To make matters worse, he lives right across the hall from me. He's everything I shouldn't want. Arrogant. Reckless. Crude. An obnoxious playboy who only wants what he can't have. And worst of all? He wants to finish what we started a year ago. Unfortunately for me, time has done nothing to dull my inconvenient attraction to him. What's the worst that could happen? I'm heartless and he's empty. But the more time we spend together, I realize there's more to him hidden beneath all that debauchery. Loyal. Protective. Broken. Maybe we're not so different after all. And just maybe he is capable of breaking my heart. If the ghosts of our pasts don't destroy us first. Contains mature themes.