The Other Side of Us Series by Anna Bloom

Lyra Lennox has spent the last four years mourning Blue, the boy from the house next door.For Lyra, the boy with cuts and bruises was everything she loved, everything she craved, a teenage fantasy in a bitter and cruel world. Until the night he left.Now, heartbroken and unwilling to let go, she sets out to fulfill a promise she once made.Jack Cross has spent four years escaping the events that forced him to leave his home and never go back... moreLyra Lennox has spent the last four years mourning Blue, the boy from the house next door.For Lyra, the boy with cuts and bruises was everything she loved, everything she craved, a teenage fantasy in a bitter and cruel world. Until the night he left.Now, heartbroken and unwilling to let go, she sets out to fulfill a promise she once made.Jack Cross has spent four years escaping the events that forced him to leave his home and never go back. He has a new existence now, one filled with freedom from the destructive cycle he once called life, and one where he has long forgotten what it feels like to be her Blue.Until Lyra appears.Things have changed.Once he was her brother’s best friend.Now she’s his student.Between them lies a web of secrets and regrets.But some things never change... can they resist one another, or will the call of their twisted love story finally break them both? less

Once she would have given everything up for him. Now all she can do is protect him from the truth.For Lyra finding Jack Cross was a dream come true. Their raw and unquenchable desire proving what she’d known all along, that they were meant to be. But Lyra has always been Little Miss Green, her naivety leading the way, painting her heart with shades of spring. Now though the secrets of their past lie between them like a briar of thorny roses on a sharp descent into hell. Hell is what life is... moreOnce she would have given everything up for him. Now all she can do is protect him from the truth.For Lyra finding Jack Cross was a dream come true. Their raw and unquenchable desire proving what she’d known all along, that they were meant to be. But Lyra has always been Little Miss Green, her naivety leading the way, painting her heart with shades of spring. Now though the secrets of their past lie between them like a briar of thorny roses on a sharp descent into hell. Hell is what life is. It’s filled with grief, destruction and living without Jack.Jack Cross risked it all for the truth and lost. The love of his life has run away, leaving him chasing her in the wind, but he’s determined not to lose her again. Following Lyra home brings all of the many horrors Jack’s tried to forget back to the surface. He has to face his past and the regrets of things never said. More than that he has to face Lyra and push her for the secret that defines them, even if it destroys all of their childhood innocence once and for all. Can Lyra protect them both or will the truth end everything they’ve ever known? less