Cover of Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry, #2)

Rules of Attraction

Simone Elkeles

Perfect Chemistry #2

young adult romance(90k)

A wild bad boy from Mexico meets a quiet, guarded girl — and she might be the one who gets through to him.

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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.

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