From New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young comes a story of friendship, identity, and acceptance that will break your heart—and make it whole again. Order your copy of THE IMPOSSIBLE VASTNESS OF US today!
“I know how to watch my back. I’m the only one that ever has.”
India Maxwell hasn’t just moved across the country—she’s plummeted to the bottom rung of the social ladder. It’s taken years to cover the mess of her home life with a veneer of popularity. Now she’s living in one of Boston’s wealthiest neighborhoods with her mom’s fiancé and his daughter, Eloise. Thanks to her soon-to-be stepsister’s clique of friends, including Eloise’s gorgeous, arrogant boyfriend Finn, India feels like the one thing she hoped never to be seen as again: trash.
But India’s not alone in struggling to control the secrets of her past. Eloise and Finn, the school’s golden couple, aren’t all they seem to be. In fact, everyone’s life is infinitely more complex than it first appears. And as India grows closer to Finn and befriends Eloise, threatening the facades that hold them together, what’s left are truths that are brutal, beautiful, and big enough to change them forever…
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“Headmaster
Vanderbilt would like to introduce himself.”
Headmaster
Vanderbilt turned out to be a guy probably only five years or so older than
Theo. I expected someone stuffy, pretentious and more than a little
condescending, but Headmaster Vanderbilt—a tall, reed-thin man who wore a tiny
pair of rimless glasses perched on his big Roman nose—was warm and welcoming.
His
welcome, in fact, would be the warmest I’d receive that day.
My first
class was Microeconomics and to my horror Eloise, Finn and their whole crew
took the class. I hadn’t been expecting to see them all together in one class
and while the teacher introduced me I had to quickly put my mask of
indifference on.
Eloise
didn’t acknowledge my presence as I took a seat on the other side of the
classroom. My eyes drifted to Finn but he was staring at the teacher, almost
too studiously, like he was trying to avoid my gaze. I shook that suspicion
off, knowing Finn thought he was superior to me—I probably wasn’t even on his
radar.
Not that I
cared if I was on his radar or not.
My
Microeconomics teacher was pretty cool and I got through the class not feeling
totally out of my depth. I considered that a positive for the day.
Fiction
Writing was next and Charlotte was in my class. When I walked in, her eyes lit
up and I thought I detected the beginnings of a smile before a thought passed
over her expression. Her shoulders slumped, and she looked like she wanted to
blend into the background.
I decided
to ignore her weirdness and waved at her as the teacher approached to introduce
herself. The teacher saw my exchange with Charlotte and insisted I sit with
her.
“Hey,” I
said as I took the seat beside her.
Charlotte
gave me a half smile, half grimace. “Hi.”
“Don’t
worry, I won’t cheat off you.”
Her answer
was a tremulous smile.
Encouraged,
I nodded at her violet dress. “That color looks awesome on you.”
Appearing
almost taken aback, Charlotte glanced down at the dress and ran her fingertips
over it. “Really? Bryce said it washed me out. She said I look trash in it.”
Of course she did. I got more than a few mean girl vibes off
that girl. “Well, she’s wrong. It’s really cute.”
“Thanks.”
Charlotte gave me a shy smile before wariness replaced it and she turned
determinedly to face the front.
Her body
language told me not to push talking to her, but I felt hope.
Smiling
inwardly, I faced forward, too, and listened to the teacher as she started
class.
Two classes
passed and I already had more homework than I’d ever had back at Fair Oaks
High. I wasn’t freaking out about it just yet, considering I had no friends and
no extracurricular activities to distract me from all the schoolwork, but once
I did I’d have to find a way to juggle it all.
As I was
walking toward my next class I noticed the glances and full-on stares from my
new schoolmates. Their looks varied from curious to sneering and I felt a
tingle of wariness across the back of my neck. Turning a corner on my search
for my Modern European History class, I came face-to-face with my
stepsister-to-be and her girls. They sashayed down the hall like an ad for a TV
show about beautiful popular high school kids, long hair fluttering out behind
them like silk, long trim legs on display in their designer dresses and
elongated by their Jimmy Choo sandals.
Eloise saw
me, looked right through me and kept on walking without a word.
My skin
felt hot with embarrassment at her obvious cut.
I watched
her disappear around the corner with her best friends before looking around the
hallway. That’s when I realized I hadn’t been imagining the sneers of my
classmates.
A sick
feeling settled in my gut as I wondered what the hell was going on.
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Samantha Young is the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of adult contemporary romances, including the On Dublin Street series and Hero, as well as the New Adult duology Into the Deep and Out of the Shallows. Every Little Thing, the second book in her new Hart’s Boardwalk series, will be published by Berkley in March 2017. Before turning to contemporary fiction, she wrote several young adult paranormal and fantasy series, including the amazon bestselling Tale of Lunarmorte trilogy. Samantha’s debut YA contemporary novel The Impossible Vastness of Us will be published by Harlequin TEEN in ebook& hardback June 2017
Samantha has been nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award 2012 for Best Author and Best Romance for On Dublin Street, Best Romance 2014 for Before Jamaica Lane, and Best Romance 2015 for Hero. On Dublin Street, a #1 bestseller in Germany, was the Bronze Award Winner in the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2013, Before Jamaica Lane the Gold Medal Winner for the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2014 and Echoes of Scotland Street the Bronze Medal Winner for the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2015.
Samantha is currently published in 30 countries and is a #1 international bestselling author.
Thank you so much! ~Jessica, InkSlinger PR
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