Ash and Innocence Series by Penelope Bloom

I’m the girl nobody sees. That is, until I move next door to Parker High’s most eligible bastard, Tristan Blackwood. He’s gorgeous. Eyes as cold as moonlight. Lips made for cruel kisses. The entire town knows it, too. Apparently being able to throw a football elevates you to god status around here. He could have anything he wanted. Anyone. But somehow, all he wanted was to torment me... moreI’m the girl nobody sees. That is, until I move next door to Parker High’s most eligible bastard, Tristan Blackwood. He’s gorgeous. Eyes as cold as moonlight. Lips made for cruel kisses. The entire town knows it, too. Apparently being able to throw a football elevates you to god status around here. He could have anything he wanted. Anyone. But somehow, all he wanted was to torment me. Me, trapped in my mom’s protective bubble: homeschooled and invisible, stuck in a wheelchair and saddled with more medical issues than I could count. Normal? I might as well wish to be a fairytale princess. There aren’t any princesses or knights in my fairytale. Just the dark prince who lives next door. Parker High royalty in the flesh. My very own devil in a letterman jacket. His life should be a dream, but the only thing he cares about is becoming my nightmare. And when my pride isn’t enough for him, he decides he wants my body. He wants my heart. He wants every last inch of me to himself. less

He was practically a god to them, and I was nothing. They saw me as the scarred, broken girl who had run from tragedy. And he thinks he can break me. Torment me. Claim me. He says he'll steal my heart, whether I like it or not. But my heart can only be given. And he'll have to earn every piece of it. Fire is a funny thing. It can destroy, but those few things that survive it come out stronger. They're hardened. Unbreakable. I survived... moreHe was practically a god to them, and I was nothing. They saw me as the scarred, broken girl who had run from tragedy. And he thinks he can break me. Torment me. Claim me. He says he'll steal my heart, whether I like it or not. But my heart can only be given. And he'll have to earn every piece of it. Fire is a funny thing. It can destroy, but those few things that survive it come out stronger. They're hardened. Unbreakable. I survived. I carried on, even when it felt like there was nothing to live for. Then we moved back to Silver Falls. Just when I finally started to piece my life back together, he happened. He's all dark lines and rigid muscle. Heart breakingly gorgeous with a dirty reputation. He's the star runningback of Parker High's football team, and his family has enough money to buy the entire town. Cassian Stone. The boy I used to chase fireflies with. The boy who came home with scuffed knuckles and broken lips because he got in fights for me. The fire hardened my backbone. It taught me not to bow to any one or anything. To be resilient. For Cassian, all the fire did was harden the walls around his heart. It made him cold and savage. He wants my heart for a prize, but all I want is to free his from its cage. less