My math tutor has one rule: he doesn’t date the girls he tutors at our private school. But a fake relationship that’s beneficial to us both? That’s a different story. Our agreement helps Carter get revenge on his ex while it helps me hide the real reason we’re spending so much time together. Win-win. Plus, flirting with the hottest guy at school is kind of fun. As long as the feelings stay as fake as the show we’re putting on, there shouldn’t be a problem. Right? The Charade is a forbidden romance about the new girl and the guy who everyone sees as untouchable.

Everyone has three lives. A public life, a private life, and a secret life. I’m a junior in high school, and yet, I’ve never been on a date. Everybody says it's because my overprotective brothers scare all the guys away, but I can't help wondering if there's something wrong with me. That is, until I hear a rumor that I’m secretly dating my brothers’ best friend. What? Sure, I used to think Mack was the most perfect guy in the universe, but I got over that crush years ago. And even though he teases my brothers about taking me to Make-Out Point, there’s no way he’d actually make good on that threat. I’ve only ever been the dorky girl next door to him. But when Mack’s sleepwalking episodes lead him to staying a few nights on the trundle bed in my room and we talk and share things we never tell anyone else, I start to wonder if a secret relationship is exactly what I want. My brothers have made it clear that Mack is never allowed near me. But what my brothers don’t know can’t hurt them, right?

What’s the first rule of getting the lead in the school musical? Don’t fall for your bad-boy co-star. When Elyse Cohen gets the lead in her private school’s winter musical, she thinks it’s a dream come true. That is, until she finds out she’s playing opposite Asher Park—the bad boy rumored to have been involved in the mysterious disappearance of his ex last spring. Soon, what seemed like a dream role has her worried she’ll be the next girl to get close to her enigmatic co-star and go missing. After getting run out of the only home he had left, the last thing Asher wants is to return to Eden Falls Academy. But since a theater scholarship is his only hope for getting into a good college, he returns halfway through the school year to face the rumors swirling around him. As long as he keeps his head down and continues the ruse he started the year before, he might make it to graduation without too many scars. He never anticipated Elyse in any of his plans. But as the pair play love interests on stage and sparks ignite, the less Elyse wants to believe the rumors about Asher. And even though Asher knows letting people close leaves him vulnerable to being burned, he finds himself wanting to tell Elyse all his secrets.

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐔𝐒𝐀 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫-𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭. I’m trying very hard not to be in love with my best friend. After all, we’ve “been there, done that.” Or rather, we dated for three amazing weeks last spring before Scarlett’s overprotective dad found out and made her break up with me. And now that I’ve left her dad’s church, there’s no chance for us. I’m considered dangerous—a threat. Though, it’s really the secrets I hold that scare Pastor Caldwell the most. As long as I don’t talk about why I left The Fold, her dad won’t transfer Scarlett from our private boarding school before graduation. But when Scarlett is set up with a college guy from their church, I know waiting on the sidelines is no longer an option. I need to break out of the friend zone. Fast. If only doing that didn’t require telling her the secret I’ve been keeping for six months. Because when Scarlett discovers the truth, I might just lose her forever. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐘𝐀 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝’𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫/𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. (𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞.) 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲’𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤.

Would a billionaire’s son ever fall for his maid? Maybe in a fairytale. But in real life? I’m not holding my breath. I’ve always been invisible to Nash Hastings—the beautiful boy I’ve been in love with since one magical night last summer. A night he doesn’t even remember. Until an accidental text puts it back on his radar. But I can’t tell him the girl he met at his family’s garden party is now a housekeeper in his family’s mansion. Because if he knew it was me he was texting, the fairytale would be over. I’m no princess and don’t belong in his world. If only my heart knew its place.