"Ben pulls away to tuck my hair behind my ear. I think it’s over, but he palms my face to kiss me properly. My hands move to his chest to push him away. He’s not allowed to come here and kiss me. Instead of pushing him, my hands slide behind his neck, and I draw him closer like the little distance between us isn’t enough. He moans my name, and the little self-control I have snaps." TESSA Tessa is the picture perfect student, the kind every teacher wishes to have in their classroom. Good grades? Check. Perfect attendance? Double check. Fighter in an illegal club? Triple check. With one year left to graduate high school, and a bucket list imposed by her best friend, her goal is pretty much the same. Stay low and tick off every item on the bucket list. But trouble comes knocking in the form of blue eyes, sharp mouth, and a brooding personality. BEN Ben is Broadway Heights most loved bad boy. Like Tessa, he wants to finish high school without any drama. But that all changes when he loses a match to Tessa. What happens when the school’s bad boy, Benjamin, notices the shy, quiet girl in an illegal fighting ring?

“Can we at least be friends?” he asks. “How possible do you think that is?” Friendship is not a word in our dictionary. We tried that once when our emotions were still under control, and it didn’t work out. How much more now we have a son and too much hurt? Calum slides one knee on the bed. His hand sneaks behind to cup my neck. I lick my lips dry. He’s looking at me like he wants to kiss me. It doesn’t help that I want to do the same. “Very,” he whispers. His head lowers. His breath fans my face before he leans in to test me. His lips brush mine. I don’t pull back. I don’t punch him. “I think you’re still in love with me.” *** Calum Dissick has had a rough life since his career as a musician crashed. When his mother remarries and invites him to live with her, he jumps on the opportunity to start afresh. On one of his first nights in town, a pretty pink-haired beauty seeks his help to win a dare. It’s a new country, a small town, and plenty of new faces. What’s a little kiss with a stranger? Catherine Jenkins is living her best life. Her father has found love again. To celebrate the latest addition to the family, she heads to the pub with three of her favourite people. As the night wears on, she’s dared by one of her best friends to kiss the handsome, tattooed stranger at the bar. Easy peasy, right? What’s a little tongue tango with a stranger? Until days later when she’s introduced to her new stepbrother, who turns out to be the handsome man from the pub. This forbidden romance takes you on an angsty emotional rollercoaster, pulls you in with the dramatic twists, and introduces you to characters you’ll hurt, love, and laugh with. Prepare to enter the small town of Wells Spring with a strong female lead who is convinced seducing her rockstar stepbrother is the best idea since ice-cream and chips.