Rebel North

In a city where image is everything, Gabriella turns heads for all the wrong reasons.The marks that slash across her neck and face turn people away. But I see the beauty that lies beneath, feel a kinship to her pain.I regret the way she found me—mugged and left for dead. I should walk away, follow the rules, but I can’t. I want to see her again. There’s only one problem.My brother convinced her I’m gay.I use that lie to my advantage, persuade her to be my pretend girlfriend, to help protect my fake-sexual identity from my judgmental family. But what starts as a shameless excuse to be near her leads to crossed lines and midnight confessions.I’m not who I led her to believe. I’m sin wrapped in silk. Betrayal masked by beauty.And she’s not the only one with scars…