After getting shot in an armed robbery that left her face badly scarred, Ariel lives her life in a shell; surrounding herself with video games, horror movies, and delivery take-out, she'll do anything to keep herself from having to interact with the public.
But Ariel couldn't let that numb, hollow feeling inside her grow any deeper, so she sought out the teenager who nearly killed her, searching for answers. What she found in the young Max, now behind bars, was more than she was looking for—healing and an unlikely friendship. A year later, Max and Ariel keep their unconventional friendship to themselves, knowing their families won't understand.
When Max's concern for his older brother sets Ariel in Milo's path, Ariel's carefully constructed, quiet life changes rapidly.
Ariel teaches Milo how to let go of the past and forgive, something he's been unable to do since his brother nearly killed her over $120 in a cash register. Milo helps Ariel learn how to embrace life, experience new things, and be brave despite her fears of being out in public.
As hot as their love burns, when tragedy strikes, neither Ariel nor Milo is prepared to deal with the aftermath, and everything threatens to fall apart.
This is a love story that burns hot, full of love, sex, tragedy, and triumph.
This work of fiction has been republished, rewritten, and re-edited under the same title, Scars Too Beautiful:a stand-alone, dual POV, age-gap, enemies-to-lovers romance with plenty of steamy sex scenes, no cliffhanger, no cheating, HEA. At 77K words, it includes [content warning]: descriptions of very graphic/sexually explicit scenes intended for mature (18+) audiences only and off-page mentions of gun and prison violence, PTSD, depression, and death.
Genre: Romance
But Ariel couldn't let that numb, hollow feeling inside her grow any deeper, so she sought out the teenager who nearly killed her, searching for answers. What she found in the young Max, now behind bars, was more than she was looking for—healing and an unlikely friendship. A year later, Max and Ariel keep their unconventional friendship to themselves, knowing their families won't understand.
When Max's concern for his older brother sets Ariel in Milo's path, Ariel's carefully constructed, quiet life changes rapidly.
Ariel teaches Milo how to let go of the past and forgive, something he's been unable to do since his brother nearly killed her over $120 in a cash register. Milo helps Ariel learn how to embrace life, experience new things, and be brave despite her fears of being out in public.
As hot as their love burns, when tragedy strikes, neither Ariel nor Milo is prepared to deal with the aftermath, and everything threatens to fall apart.
This is a love story that burns hot, full of love, sex, tragedy, and triumph.
This work of fiction has been republished, rewritten, and re-edited under the same title, Scars Too Beautiful:a stand-alone, dual POV, age-gap, enemies-to-lovers romance with plenty of steamy sex scenes, no cliffhanger, no cheating, HEA. At 77K words, it includes [content warning]: descriptions of very graphic/sexually explicit scenes intended for mature (18+) audiences only and off-page mentions of gun and prison violence, PTSD, depression, and death.
Genre: Romance
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