Cover of My Life with the Walter Boys

My Life with the Walter Boys

Ali Novak

My Life with the Walter Boys #1

young adult romance(96k)

A prim NYC girl moves to a Colorado ranch and into a house full of twelve Walter boys.

Content Warnings
death of loved onegrief

Description

From a fresh new voice on the contemporary YA scene, My Life with the Walter Boys centers on the prim, proper, and always perfect Jackie Howard. When her world is turned upside down by tragedy, Jackie must learn to cut loose and be part of a family again.Jackie does not like surprises. Chaos is the enemy! The best way to get her successful, busy parents to notice her is to be perfect. The perfect look, the perfect grades-the perfect daughter. And then...Surprise #1: Jackie's family dies in a freak car accident.Surprise #2: Jackie has to move cross-country to live with the Walters-her new guardians.Surprise #3: The Walters have twelve sons. (Well, eleven, but Parker acts like a boy anyway)Now Jackie must trade in her Type A personality and New York City apartment for a Colorado ranch and all the wild Walter boys who come with it. Jackie is surrounded by the enemy-loud, dirty, annoying boys who have no concept of personal space. Okay, several of the oldest guys are flat-out gorgeous. But still annoying. She's not stuck-up or boring-no matter what they say. But proving it is another matter. How can she fit in and move on when she needs to keep her parents' memory alive by living up to the promise of perfect?Ali Novak wrote My Life with the Walter Boys when she was just 15 years old. First a hit on the online community Wattpad, this debut novel has already been read over 33 million times and is loved by readers around the world.

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