Briarwood Prep Series by Sencha Skeete

Cheerleader, Queen Bee, Honor Student. That's me, Deja Marcus, cruising through life in my perfect suburban bubble. Then Brandon Keane crashes into my world like a wrecking ball. He's trouble with a capital T, my childhood nemesis now under my roof, thanks to my stepfather’s guardianship and his own delinquency. We're oil and water, fire and ice – clashing every chance we get. But with one careless decision I find myself caught in his web... moreCheerleader, Queen Bee, Honor Student. That's me, Deja Marcus, cruising through life in my perfect suburban bubble. Then Brandon Keane crashes into my world like a wrecking ball. He's trouble with a capital T, my childhood nemesis now under my roof, thanks to my stepfather’s guardianship and his own delinquency. We're oil and water, fire and ice – clashing every chance we get. But with one careless decision I find myself caught in his web. That reckless night sets off a game of control and desire I never asked to play. He's turned my life upside down, revealing truths about the past that I don't want to know, shaking the foundations of my world so I no longer know who I am. And is he going to be there to pick up the pieces when this is all over? Or will he leave me broken, desolate and alone? Juvenile Delinquent. ​. Living with the man who fired my mother, destroying our lives, and the girl who bullied me in grade school is not my idea of fun. But I’m not here to have fun. I’m on a mission of revenge, my goals temporarily aligned with those of my guardian’s enemy. What I didn’t expect was Deja: her beauty, the way she challenges me, the way she receives my curse like it’s a gift. She’s a distraction, but I don’t care anymore. I live for two things now: revenge and her. less

Camila is invisible. She keeps her head down and avoids the privileged kids at Briarwood Prep, the ones who torment her just for existing. She tells herself it’s safer that way, easier to survive until graduation. But the day Javier de la Garza notices her, everything changes. Javier is everything she isn’ rich, confident, and untouchable. He’s the guy everyone wants to know, and now, he wants to know her. But Javier isn’t who he seems... moreCamila is invisible. She keeps her head down and avoids the privileged kids at Briarwood Prep, the ones who torment her just for existing. She tells herself it’s safer that way, easier to survive until graduation. But the day Javier de la Garza notices her, everything changes. Javier is everything she isn’ rich, confident, and untouchable. He’s the guy everyone wants to know, and now, he wants to know her. But Javier isn’t who he seems. There’s a reason he’s drawn to Camila, and it has nothing to do with love—or so he tells himself. Camila can’t figure him out. One moment, he’s her savior, pulling her out of the line of fire from his cruel friends. The next, he’s cutting her down with a sharp tongue and an even sharper smile. Every time she lets her guard down, he proves she shouldn’t trust him. But as secrets unravel and tensions rise, their connection becomes impossible to ignore. And in a world where loyalty is currency and love is a risk, Camila and Javier are about to find out just how much they’re willing to sacrifice for each other. Please note this is Part 1 of a dark high school romance with a possessive and wickedly manipulative hero who will stop at nothing to keep the woman he believes is his. The story will continue in Part 2. less

He made me his. Without asking. Without giving me room to breathe. Now I have to find a way out—even if it means breaking both our hearts. I’ve always known the world was unfair. That’s what happens when you’re undocumented, Afro-Indigenous, and surviving on scholarship at a school built for heirs and legacies. But I never expected the boy who noticed me—finally noticed me—to become both my refuge and my prison... moreHe made me his. Without asking. Without giving me room to breathe. Now I have to find a way out—even if it means breaking both our hearts. I’ve always known the world was unfair. That’s what happens when you’re undocumented, Afro-Indigenous, and surviving on scholarship at a school built for heirs and legacies. But I never expected the boy who noticed me—finally noticed me—to become both my refuge and my prison. Javier de la Garza is Venezuelan royalty in everything but title—the son of a billionaire, raised to believe control is a form of care. He’s strategic. Charming. Loving, sometimes—but only when it keeps me close. Now I’m carrying his child. Living under his roof. Tied to him in ways that feel less like love… and more like possession. As my world collapses—my mother detained by ICE, my future shrinking by the day—I begin to see the truth behind the velvet cage I’ve been living in. The manipulations. The surveillance. The moments I thought were connection but were really control. And when I finally run, it may be too late. Because Javier doesn’t lose. And once he decides you’re his… there’s no leaving. less