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The Secret of Ella and Micha

by Jessica Sorensen · The Secret #1

2012 · 313 pages · Hachette UK

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📖 72k+ readers on Goodreads

📚 Book 1 of a completed 3-book series

About this book

Ella's been running from her past for years, burying the wild, passionate girl she used to be under a carefully constructed facade of perfection. But when summer break forces her back home, she can't escape the one person who knows exactly who she really is—Micha, her irresistible best friend and neighbor who's determined to pull her back to life. With chemistry that's been simmering beneath years of friendship and a secret that threatens everything, Ella has to decide if protecting herself means losing the one person who truly sees her. It's a swoon-worthy second-chance romance about finding your way back to yourself through someone who never stopped believing in who you could be.

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