I thought we'd be happy as soon as we got away from all the rumors.

Secrets from James' past, his scheming ex, and unsupportive parents make it hard to breathe in this city that barely feels like my home. New York was supposed to be our fresh start. But what if Professor Hunter has no intention of letting me do that? Now I can’t get my best friend's advice out of my mind - the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else. I fell hard for my mysterious professor, but our scandalous affair went down in flames. I don’t know how much longer I can resist the temptation. But how could I possibly when every time I see him in class it feels like he’s daring me to cross the line? Trust me, I know I need to forget about him. Well, that and the fact that he’s my professor. And not just because it looked like he had stepped out of the pages of a magazine.

I could tell in two seconds that he was out of my league. The way he stared at me so intently with his dark brown eyes that swirled with secrets. I had never seen anyone so handsome in my entire life. Or rather, when I literally ran into him. Only once in my life have I lost my words at the sight of perfection – on a rainy autumn morning when I first met James Hunter. Includes the entire four book series about Penny and Professor Hunter! And I just hope to God it isn’t my past catching up to me. Someone else who knows what it’s like to live behind a mask.The only thing I know for sure is that someone in this city is watching me. And the only one that could possibly understand is someone who knows what it’s like to hide in the shadows. I lost everything, and I don’t know how to keep breathing in a city that has no stars.But even though my appearance has changed, deep down I know that a shadow of the girl I once was still remains. And I have a darkness inside of me that I can’t seem to escape.

That girl died as soon as the devil himself put his hands on me. Everything I knew was taken away in a .Beaten.Ten years of pain. But my life wasn’t meant to be a fairy tale. I fell in love with a prince and my dreams went as far as the stars. I lost everything, and I don’t know how to keep breathing in a city that has no stars.Once upon a time, my name was Summer Brooks.

Empire High Matchmaker by Ivy Smoak