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Alex Heron has more secrets than a cat has lives. Keeping up with the charade that’s her life is draining and her façade is cracking under the stress. She’s the American teen dream - blonde, blue-eyed and head cheerleader at her high school, but no one knows the real Alex...and she plans to keep it that way. The truth would make her an instant outcast. Enter Mark Simmons, the new math teacher. With a body to die for and a face that makes every girl swoon, Alex is no exception...until she realizes she opens up to him more than anyone else in her life. Even her best friend, Claire.

Daniel’s unexpected return offers help to Emma’s new company and band-aid to her damaged heart. Yet his help comes with strings, ones that threaten the tentative ‘friends only’ agreement they have made. Emma is supposed to travel with him to the city of love itself, Paris, for work. Can the estranged lovers resist the lure of the most romantic city in the world or will they forever remain as just friends?

Daniel’s hot and cold behavior has gone too far for Emma to handle. Her focus needs to be on Delacourt Designs and not on an affair that wrecks her heart. Pulling away from Daniel is painful, but necessary, though it puts her in closer proximity to Nick, the one who helped her when Daniel walked away. As their working relationship blossoms into strange feelings, Emma starts to wonder if her happy ending won’t be with Daniel after all.

In Nick, Emma finds an unexpected ally. In Daniel’s absence, he becomes a friend, a confidant, and a shrewd business partner. With his help, her new company blossoms, inspiring happiness that is only increased when it seems Emma’s father is on the road to recovery. Life is finally going well, yet she can’t seem to fully enjoy it while her heart still longs for Daniel.

With her two best friends, Daniel and Damion, at her side, Emma finally feels as if all her dreams are coming true. Her fledgling fashion company, Delacourt Designs, is finding its feet and a love she never imagined is beckoning. Yet just when Emma’s life seems to be falling into place, it all falls apart on the heels of her father’s alcoholism and gambling addiction. Watching someone she loves tumble into ruin destroys a part of her, and suddenly Emma is faced with a choice that could change everything.