The Boy I Was Warned About

“She was warned to stay away from him. But nobody warned her about the truth. Harper Bennett had spent seventeen years being the girl everyone trusts. She got excellent grades, edited the school newspaper, and knew exactly how to keep her life free from unnecessary drama. With a prestigious journalism scholarship within reach, the last thing she needed was trouble. Then Liam Mercer walked through her front door. Liam was the boy Riverdale High loves to hate. Brooding, sharp-tongued, and notorious for his explosive temper, he was recently suspended after a brutal fight with Caleb Brooks, the school's golden boy. Everyone had an opinion about what happened. Nobody seemed interested in hearing Liam's side. When Liam's mother left town for medical treatment, Harper's mother offered him a place to stay for eight weeks. Suddenly, the boy Harper had been warned about was sleeping in the room next to hers, sharing her breakfast table, and getting under her skin in ways she refused to admit. Things got worse when their journalism teacher paired them for a school project. Harper expected sarcasm, arguments, and eight unbearable weeks. Instead, she discovered that Liam's anger hid a pain he refused to explain, and the story behind his suspension was far darker than anyone at school wanted to believe. Then anonymous messages began arriving. Old screenshots resurfaced. Secrets Harper thought were buried threatened to destroy her reputation. And the truth about Liam's younger sister, Ruby, forced Harper to confront the one thing she had spent two years trying to forget: she knew Ruby was being bullied, and when speaking up mattered the most, she stayed silent. Now someone was determined to expose everyone involved. But the closer Harper got to the truth, the more dangerous the questions became. Who really destroyed Ruby's life? Why was someone targeting them again? And what happened when the boy she was warned about turned out to be the one person she could no longer ignore? Harper must choose between protecting the perfect life she had built and standing up for what was right, even if the truth costs her everything. Because falling for Liam Mercer was never part of the plan. And trusting him might be the most dangerous choice she made.”