Author:Ali Cronin
Real love. Real lives. The real thing . . . Girl Heart Boy is the irresistible new romantic series for teens, combining the romance of The OC with the realism of Skins and the sexiness of E L James' Fifty Shades of Grey - for a teen audience. Girl Heart Boy is perfect for fans of Twilight and the Hunger Games looking for their next must-have read.
Four girls, three boys, turning 18. Get set to follow their eventful final year at school . . .
Sarah's discovered a box of old memories. As she starts to reminisce about her friends, will she discover she has stronger feelings for one of them than she thought? Get behind the scenes with your favourite characters in this exciting short story, exclusively available as an ebook at only 49p.
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About the author:
Ali Cronin is a British author with wide experience writing for young adults in print and online. She cut her teeth on Bliss, Sugar and J17 magazines, then became producer of the BBC's website for teens, before leaving to write full-time. Girl Heart Boy is her first book series.
The Sweet Valley High books hook readers with a racy style and cliffhanger endings, then slip in challenging issues - date rape, anorexia, broken homes - alongside dispatches from beach parties and pep rallies
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