HIGH SCHOOL LOVE ON

Temiloluwa Akala NewAdult

High school love on blurb Rihanna Williams stopped believing in happy endings the day her mother died.At seventeen, she learned that survival is sometimes the only dream you can afford. Home is a battlefield ruled by a stepmother who treats her like an unwanted guest, a spiteful stepsister determined to make her miserable, and a father too blinded by his new family to notice his own daughter is falling apart.School isn't any better.Every hallway feels like a war zone. Between Monica's ( her step sister ) relentless bullying and Elsa Morgan—the principal's daughter who seems to have the entire school wrapped around her finger—Rihanna can't catch a break. Most days, she keeps her head down and counts the hours until she can go home, even if home is the last place she wants to be.Then Ryan Carter notices her.Ryan is everything Rihanna isn't. Popular. Confident. The boy every girl wants and every teacher adores. When he unexpectedly steps into her life, Rihanna finally feels like she has someone on her side.But being close to Ryan comes with a price.The more attention he gives her, the more enemies she makes.And when a betrayal shatters the little stability she has left, Rihanna makes a desperate decision—to leave everything behind and search for the only family she has left.Armed with nothing but old memories, unanswered questions, and Ryan's help, Rihanna tracks down her mother's estranged sister in Los Angeles.What she finds changes everything.For the first time in years, Rihanna is surrounded by people who believe in her. Encouraged by her aunt, she takes a chance on the dream she's secretly held onto since childhood: becoming an actress.When an audition lands her the lead role in a major teen drama, Rihanna's life transforms overnight.Fame arrives faster than she can handle. So does her love life .Hollywood's golden boy. Actor. Singer. Heartthrob. Dylan Brooks.The boy millions of girls dream about.And somehow, the boy who can't stop thinking about her.Caught between the boy who helped her survive her darkest days and the boy who represents everything she's ever dreamed of becoming, Rihanna finds herself trapped in a whirlwind of first love, heartbreak, jealousy, and impossible choices.Now Rihanna must decide who she wants to be.The forgotten girl everyone underestimated.Or the girl brave enough to rewrite her own story.

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