M. F. Lorson

What if you meet the love of your life, but he's already lost the love of his? Raven is pure sunshine. Really. She even wakes up early enough to greet it. As a triathlon coach and kindergarten teacher, her life looks perfect. She's thriving, except for her daddy issues and a string of commitment-phobic ex-boyfriends, of course. Briggs is a sexy CEO. He's also grieving the loss of his late wife with zero intentions of ever moving on, despite his work suffering. So when Briggs is threatened with a leave of absence, he hires Raven to prove that he's working on himself. But training for a triathlon is no small feat, and neither is denying his attraction to his peppy coach. They're opposites in every way, and she deserves more than a grumpy widower, but damn it if he can't stay away from her sunshine-and she can't stop her racing heart. Blending the genres of contemporary sports romance, women's literary fiction, and romantic comedy, Beautiful Shattering is a swoon-worthy read about second chances, forgiveness, and inner-strength.

She's looking for something serious, but it's the class clown she can't get off her mind. Nora has always been the odd duck in her squad of three-a trait that never bothered her before. But now that Lucy and Addy are going off to college and Nora is stuck in Delinki, she's ready to find her match. Which is why her senior year goal is to score a serious relationship by Prom. Step one: Hit the dating scene. Step two: Keep the loyal guy friend on the sidelines as an escape plan. Step three: Do not get caught kissing the escape plan Max has been in love with Nora for as long as he can remember. But he's also a major flake when it comes to relationships. Comic relief is his usual MO but if serious is what she's looking for, this class clown better be ready to grow up to get the girl.

To get the guy, she'll have to get down and nerdy Lucy and Simon used to be inseparable...until Lucy hopped on the popularity train by humiliating Simon in front of the whole school. Now, her senior year goal is to get him back by New Year's Eve. Step one: Join his club and find a cause. Step two: Prove to him she's more than a mean girl. Step three: Earn his trust, and maybe his heart. Simon is perfectly fine with never speaking to Lucy again, especially after she humiliated him sophomore year. But then she walks into his Key Club meeting with a mission, and suddenly old feelings come roaring back. Lucy and Simon started the year as enemies, but they may just end it in each other's arms.

Summer may be over, but she's ready to bring the heat. When her boyfriend shattered her universe last spring, Addy convinced herself that if only she were a little hotter, then she could have kept him. Which is why her senior year goal is to get revenge. Step one: Join the swim team and get seriously fit. Step two: Find some gorgeous new arm candy to take to ex's big Halloween party and make him crazy with jealousy. Step three: Try not to fall super hard for said arm candy. Gray Turner is a California transplant with goals of his own: get the swim team to regionals, get the scholarship he needs, and get out of this town. Too bad some girl with zero swim skills just joined the team. Private lessons seem like a good idea...until lessons start to feel like something more. Addy and Gray started the season with specific plans, but falling for one another wasn't one of them.

I knew exactly what I wanted out of my senior year. A full ride to Northwestern University, the title of American High School Journalist of the year, and a kiss, not just any kiss, but one from the boy I've been in love with since the sixth grade. By October, my plan was fully in motion with liplock by Christmas eminent. Eminent, that was, until Andie Mercantile moved to Marlowe Junction, swooping both my beat and my man. Now, I'm stuck writing the sports column-a subject I know nothing about. My goals aren't unobtainable, but they will take a lot more work. Just because a sports writer has never won journalist of the year before, doesn't mean it can't be done. And as for the kissing part, I'm not counting myself out just yet. After all, maybe learning a bit about competition is just what I need. Off Center is the second book in the Varsity Girlfriends series.

Homecoming court nominee, Erin Armstrong, has it all, the best friends, the best boyfriend and lead in the school play. But when she catches her bestie and her boyfriend holding hands behind the porta potty her status as Rosemark High's It girl takes a nosedive. Determined to win the crown and earn back her social status, Erin enlists the help of quirky theatre kid, Peter Hunt. Together the two craft a plan to ensure Erin's victory. That is, if the two can keep their growing attraction from sabotaging the project. A throwback to the early 2000's, Stage Kiss will have you longing for the days when being brave meant sending an AOL instant message to your crush. Back when Friday nights were made for football games and sleepovers with the friends you'd do anything for.