Best Selling Books by Simone Elkeles

Simone Elkeles'' New York Times best-selling series—a unique urban twist on the classic star-crossed lovers story—is now repackaged with a fresh new cover.

Nothing has been the same since Caleb Becker left a party drunk, got behind the wheel and hit Maggie Armstrong. Even after months of painful physical therapy, Maggie walks with a limp. Her social life is nil and a scholarship to study abroad - her chance to escape everyone and their pitying stares - has been cancelled. After a year in juvenile jail, Caleb''s free ...if freedom means endless nagging from a transition coach and the prying eyes of the entire town. Coming home should feel good, but his family and ex-girlfriend seem like strangers. But despite the horror of their shared history, somehow Caleb and Maggie can''t seem to stay away from each other, with the heat and attraction between them becoming undeniable to them both. Feeling like outsiders, they find comfort in each other, they realise that sometimes the person who hurts you most, can be the person who heals you too.

One girl + two guys = three hot summers. It all adds up to some steamy romance—and a few complications. Can Amy Nelson-Barak juggle the gorgeous guys in her life without ruining everything? From Simone Elkeles, the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Rules of Attraction and Perfect Chemistry, comes this e-book trilogy edition of her popular books How to Ruin a Summer Vacation (a YALSA 2007 Teens’ Top Ten selection), How to Ruin My Teenage Life, and How to Ruin Your Boyfriend’s Reputation. “A great read—alike for fans of Meg Cabot, Melissa Kantor, and Sarah Dessen.”—VOYA on How to Ruin Your Boyfriend’s Reputation “The choice for teens who seek realistic YA fiction.”—School Library Journal on How to Ruin My Teenage Life Also, don’t miss Simone Elkeles’s critically acclaimed Leaving Paradise and New York Times bestselling Return to Paradise!

Simone Elkeles'' New York Times best-selling series—a unique urban twist on the classic star-crossed lovers story—is now repackaged with a fresh new cover.

Caleb Becker left Paradise eight months ago, taking with him the secret he promised to take to his grave. If the truth got out, it would ruin everything. Maggie Armstrong tried to be strong after Caleb broke her heart and disappeared. Somehow, she managed to move on. She''s determined to make a new life for herself. But then Caleb and Maggie are forced together on a summer trip. They try ignoring their passion for each other, but buried feelings resurface. Caleb must face the truth about the night of Maggie''s accident, or the secret that destroyed their relationship will forever stand between them.

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Perfect Chemistry trilogy, Simone Elkeles, comes a romance that follows polar opposites Derek Fitzpatrick and Ashtyn Parker as their worlds collide After getting kicked out of boarding school, bad boy Derek Fitzpatrick has no choice but to live with his ditzy stepmother while his military dad is deployed. Things quickly go from bad to worse when he finds out she plans to move them back to her childhood home in Illinois. Derek''s counting the days before he can be on his own, and the last thing he needs is to get involved with someone else''s family drama. Ashtyn Parker knows one thing for certain--people you care about leave without a backward glance. So when her older sister comes home after abandoning her ten years earlier, with her hot new stepson in tow, Ashtyn wants nothing to do with either of them. Then she comes up with a plan that would finally give her the chance to leave, but it requires trusting Derek-someone she barely knows, someone born to break the rules. Is she willing to put her heart on the line to try and get the future she wants? Don''t miss any of these other books from New York Times bestselling author Simone Elkeles: The Perfect Chemistry Trilogy Perfect Chemistry Rules of Attraction Chain Reaction Better Than Perfect

A high-stakes story of star-crossed lovers from Simone Elkeles, the New York Times bestselling author of the Perfect Chemistry series To escape his abusive stepdad, bad boy Ryan Hess runs from his tiny Texas border town to Mexico. But his plans to keep his head down and stay out of trouble are shattered the minute he meets the beautiful and totally out of his league Dalila Sandoval. Dalila Sandoval shouldn’t even know someone like Ryan Hess. The daughter of one of the wealthiest lawyers in Mexico, Dalila is focused on studying and planning for her bright future. Ryan is only a distraction from her dreams, but she’s never felt more alive than when she’s by his side. Ryan and Dalila are wrong for each other in every way. And yet they can’t resist the sparks that fly when they’re together. But their love is like a flame burning too close to the fuse. Something is going to explode. Will their love be strong enough to survive? Or will it burn them both?

Vic Salazar is trying to abide by the Guy Code, don''t make a move on your best friend''s girl, but when tragedy throws the two together, Vic struggles to keep his distance.

Love, life, and sports will never be the same in the first title of a new series by the bestselling author of "Rules of Attraction" and "Chain Reaction."

Amy is a spoiled American teenager with an attitude to match her Jimmy Choo slides. When her estranged father drags her to Israel to meet a family she’s never known, one hilarious humiliation after another tests Amy’s fierce spirit.

Amy’s jetting to the Holy Land this summer to vist her boyfriend Avi who’s in the Israeli army. Two weeks at a military training base (her grandmother’s idea) turns out to be pure hell ... and only gets worse when the team leader is Avi.

Es gibt sie noch... die grosse Liebe Zweimal schon hat Caleb Becker seinen Heimatort Paradise wegen Maggie Armstrong verlassen. Zweimal schon wollte er nichts mehr, als Maggie vergessen - Maggie, die er liebt und der er doch so viel Leid zugefügt hat. Und auch Maggie will vor allem eins: endgültig über ihre grosse Liebe Caleb hinwegkommen. Dann aber treffen sich Maggie und Caleb zufällig in den Sommerferien wieder, und auch wenn beide versuchen, sich aus dem Weg zu gehen, machen all die unterdrückten Gefühle ihnen alsbald einen Strich durch die Rechnung. Doch gerade, als die beiden ihrer Liebe eine Chance geben wollen, kommen die Schatten der Vergangenheit wieder hoch ... Simone Elkeles wuchs in der Gegend von Chicago auf, hat dort Psychologie studiert und lebt dort auch heute mit ihrer Familie und ihren zwei Hunden. Ihre ''Du oder das ganze Leben''-Trilogie, für die sie zum ''Illinois Author of the Year'' gewählt wurde, wurde zum weltweiten Bestseller.

Pour échapper à la police de Mexico, Carlos Fuentes s''installe chez son frère Alex, qui s’est rangé des gangs dans le Colorado. Kiara, une jeune lycéenne sage, un peu garçon manqué, lui sert de guide dans ce monde policé qu’il ne connaît pas. Carlos, poussé par ses habitudes de bad-boy, ne tarde pas à replonger ; et, pour éviter la prison, il doit suivre un stage de réinsertion et accepter de vivre chez le professeur Westford, père de la jeune fille, qui a déjà sorti son frère Alex de la galère. Malgré leurs différences, les deux adolescents apprennent à se connaître et s’attirent de plus en plus. Mais Carlos, s’il veut vivre pleinement son amour pour Kiara, doit d’abord rompre une fois pour toutes avec la culture des gangs...

When Carlos Fuentes returns to America after living in Mexico for a year, he doesnt want any part of the life his older brother, Alex, has laid out for him at a high school in Colorado. Carlos likes living his life on the edge and wants to carve his own pathjust like Alex did. Then he meets Kiara Westford. She doesnt talk much and is completely intimidated by Carlos wild ways. As they get to know one another, Carlos assumes Kiara thinks shes too good for him, and refuses to admit that she might be getting to him. But he soon realizes that being himself is exactly what Kiara needs right now.

Billy Brooks is turning 50 and his life is a mess. His wife is leaving him, his kids think he''s a total dork, and his best friend just poked fun at his ''dad bod''. Where did it all go wrong? BACK IN THE 80''S & 90''S BILLY WAS THE PARTY KING! It all started in the 80''s...when big hair, mullets, and Members Only jackets were rad and Guns N'' Roses ruled the FM airwaves. Freshman frat boy Billy Brooks has just been suspended from his Big 10 university for a bogus crime he didn''t commit and is forced to go back home to Chicago. Billy lands a job as a roadie for a DJ company & enters an underground club scene with bodacious babes, doobage, and fly music that defined the 80''s and 90''s. When a chill grunge chick challenges him to change his newfound party hardy ways, Billy is forced to choose between living in the fast lane or settling down. The choice he makes causes his life to go from Paradise City to The End Of The World As We Know It. --