Girls Who Lie Together — Jessa Russo

Easy summers lead to hard falls in this Grease meets Mean Girls contemporary romance... When seventeen-year-old Renata Carpenter hijacked her stepdad's classic car, she hadn't planned on totaling it and landing her best friend in a cast from hip to heel. She definitely hadn't planned on being sent to a work program in New Orleans as punishment. And she certainly hadn't planned on falling in love. But Ren's summer of forced manual labor has a bright side: her name is Brit, and she's everything Ren never knew she needed. First love becomes first heartbreak when their summer romance comes to a crashing close earlier than anticipated. Adding insult to injury, Ren's break-up with Brit is followed by a big move to a small town. As if starting senior year completely alone isn't bad enough, Ren soon discovers that the Hell on Heels mean girl who rules Sun Ridge Prep with an iron fist and a vicious tongue is none other than her first love. Too bad this Brit is far from lovable. But Ren knows the girl beneath the façade, and she refuses to give up on rekindling their relationship. Secretly, the girls pick up where they left off, falling deeper in love and risking it all to be together. But when their affair is exposed by Brit's boyfriend, Ren and Brit are faced with the ultimate choice: love or acceptance. Because they certainly can't have both. CW: Homophobia, Homophobic Slurs, Marijuana Use, Cheating