Things I Wish I Said Gracie Graham Publication date: November 7th 2024 Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult Lung cancer patient Ryleigh Sinclair wants a boyfriend for the summer. And my mother wants me to be the one to make her wish come true. Me. The eternal pessimist. The guy who no longer believes in happy endings after my dad died of pancreatic cancer and my girlfriend dumped me in the same month. But after weeks of spending time with Ryleigh, she somehow does the impossible. She fills the gaping hole of my father’s absence until I’m the one hoping for a miracle. I’ve learned my lesson about wishes. Happily ever afters are a lie. Yet I’m the one wishing like hell for another outcome for Ryleigh. I lost my father to cancer; I can’t lose her too. Goodreads / Amazon — EXCERPT: “You make me happy.” I swallow, afraid to move and the break the spell we’re under. “No, I don’t,” I say, my throat raw. “You do. This last month, I’ve laughed more than I have sin...

Love the Way You Lie Gracie Graham (Boys of Riverside, #1) Publication date: February 17th 2023 Genres: Romance, Young Adult Torn between my best friend and the boy who makes my heart beat again, learning the truth might break me… My entire life changed in an instant. One violent moment took my mother and destroyed me. And I can’t even remember it. All I know is…it was my fault. Now I’m entering senior year after hiding away from the world as long as I could. The only distraction I have from the heavy weight of my scars is my best friend, Graham. He’s been my rock through it all. But when his cousin Atlas appears…my world suddenly tilts on its already unsteady axis. Everyone warns me to stay away from the star football player with a bad boy reputation and a chip on his shoulder. I should… Yet from the moment I climb on the back of his motorcycle, sparks fly. Despite all the reasons to keep him at a distance, my need for the truth about the accident drives us closer...

Review: Fake Notes - Book #2 Lakeview Prep- Gracie Graham - September 2021 After reading and enjoying Hate Notes by Gracie Graham, I knew this was a series I wanted to continue to read and just like the first book, this one was also enjoyable. It also featured one of my favorite pairings - celebrity and a regular girl (not one of the popular). This book starts with Scarlet and her friend Penelope and Topher at Scarlet's parents’ bakery when a customer aka Cranky Lady starts choking and Scarlet goes to save her but, of course, now her family's business and Scarlet's college fund are being threatened as Cranky Lady is suing her parents' bakery. Meanwhile on the other side of the tracks is a Hollywood actor and bad boy Thorne Roberts. Thorne has finally landed a great role but his bad-boy antics are making the film producers etc have second thoughts and now they are taking a hiatus after his latest stunt. Now Thorne and his team have to do damage control and change his ...

Review: Hate Notes - Book #1 Lakeview Prep Series - Gracie Graham - June 2021 I had been looking forward to reading this book as I love the theme of Cyrano De Bergerac with the fake persona writing to someone and then that person slowly falling in love with the identity you have created, also I love high school novels. In Hate Notes, we meet Penelope Ewe aka P Ewe, and Topher Elliott. Penelope has been the subject of bullying from the school Royals which has Topher at their helm as back in 6th grade he started calling Penelope - P-U due to her name and Skunk Girl. With her scholarship hanging on the balance and being revoked due to budget cuts, Penelope must sign-up as a tutor to help pay towards her tuition as she strikes a deal with the principal. Turns out her worst nightmare is on the list of students - Topher Elliott. While screaming in the bathroom, she finds Topher's number scrawled on the wall and she texts him a "hate note". The scene jumps to Topher now trying...

Hate Notes Gracie Graham Publication date: June 30th 2021 Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult Topher Elliot is high school royalty. The king of Lakeview prep. You know the type. Disgustingly rich. Blond-haired. Eyes the color of a clear, blue sky. And muscles for days. He also happens to be enemy #1, the bane of my existence. Only, now my scholarship is in jeopardy and, like the peasant I am, I must tutor the king himself if I want to graduate. Still, if I have to be around him, I might as well make it worth my while. So I send him a scathing text, telling him exactly what I think about him. But he mistakes me for someone else. That’s when I hatch a plan: get dirt on the king, and watch his reign crumble. It’s about time someone made the king come tumbling down. Goodreads / Amazon — EXCERPT: Now that we were alone, I couldn’t help but wonder if he got my text and what he thought about it. Did it bother him? Did it affect him at all? Or did it bounce right ...