Surviving Elite High: The Complete First Series — John H. Ames

The hit YA LGBT romance series from beloved YA author, John H. Ames together in one set! Three books for the price of one.Surviving Elite High: John Henry Ames is a sixteen-year-old boy from a small New Jersey town. Humble, shy and studious, John lives as an outcast in the shadows of an elite high school where he is tormented by two psychopathic bullies. Just when he is on the verge of dropping out of school due to overdue payments, a teacher enrolls him as a tutor in a program where he meets the school's star quarterback and hero, Nick Anthony Hawking.Nick needs John's help to pass and graduate high school. As John becomes closer to the jock, he develops a strong affection towards him even though Nick has a reputation for sleeping around with a lot of women. Nick becomes his friend and protector in school. Their growing friendship helps to bring out the best in each of them and as they grow closer, John begins to wonder...and hope...that maybe Nick's studly activity is a front for something else. He hopes to get much closer to Nick.When unspeakable tragedies threaten the school...and John's life...John and Nick have a chance to discover what they really mean to each other. But high school is a hard place to be yourself. Will Nick and John follow their own hearts or return to the safety of their own shadows? Surviving Elite High: Senior Year: And you thought last year was full of drama, suspense and romance? You ain't seen nothing yet!After a summer of love, hard work and...ahem...cohabitation, Nick and John are beginning their senior year. However, putting the memory of last year's turbulent events at Elite High behind them proves harder than ever. Mysterious notes begin to appear inside John's locker. Something is definitely wrong since the writer of the notes is none other than Matthew Ward, the homicidal student who nearly killed John. Is Matthew now free to finish what he started?As if that weren't bad enough, a new girl at school has an obsession with Nick that makes her do terrible things, things that threaten to tear Nick and John apart at every turn. Will Nick and John ever find happiness and stability together? Or will they end up going their separate ways?Surviving Elite High: Loving James: Surviving a normal high school is hard enough. Surviving Elite High? Close to impossible! Not until you learn the difference between love and obsession...Sixteen year old James Gordon has it all. He's rich, studious, and bears quite a strong resemblance to Justin Bieber. So, what's stopping him from being a normal kid in high school? The deadly jocks. They torment anyone who's gay or possibly closeted, even though Nick Wild Hawk, star of the football team and the love of his life, John, came out to the whole school in previous years and made being gay at Elite High just another walk of life.However, even though the jocks have bullied James nonstop and made his life a living hell, he can't help but fantasize about the king of the jocks, Nathan Parker. Nathan is rugged, straight and the most popular guy in school. When fate intercepts and places James and Nathan under the same roof, James' torture really begins. And yet, through it all, James hopes that that his steadfast love for Nathan will change the jock into a lover rather than an abuser. Unless a certain hot, loyal, guy in the background can find a way to show James he is really, truly loved, and has been for a long time. Before it's too late...Surviving Elite High: Loving James is the third part of the Surviving Elite High Saga which features one the most famous and loved characters in the series, Jacob Ashmore. Publisher advisory: This book contains scenes of graphic bullying and sexual abuse (not between the romantic couple).