Ilsa J. Bick

An emotionally damaged sixteen-year-old girl begins a relationship with a deeply troubled older man.

Drowning Instinct

Vesselina

Truly beautiful... Loved it, hated it, adored it... Cried because of it..

Jordan Carr

i’ve never loved a book like I love drowning instinct. it never fails to make me emotional with every single word and that’s why I will always come back to it. even when I’m rereading and i know what’s coming, i still get pulled in every time. Ilsa Bick is a genius and Drowning Instinct just shows that. 

If I could choose to only have one book to read for the rest of my life, it would be this one

Joleen

Well I am going to be sad all day. Great read.

Ellie H

There are stories where the girl gets her prince, and they live happily ever after. (This is not one of those stories.) Jenna Lord's first sixteen years were not exactly a fairy tale. Her father is a controlling psycho and her mother is a drunk. She used to count on her older brother—until he shipped off to Iraq. And then, of course, there was the time she almost died in a fire. There are stories where the monster gets the girl, and everyone cries for his innocent victim. (This is not one of those stories either.) Mitch Anderson is many things: A dedicated teacher and coach. A caring husband. A man with a certain...magnetism. And there are stories where it's hard to be sure who's a prince and who's a monster, who is a victim and who should live happily ever after. (These are the most interesting stories of all.) Drowning Instinct is a novel of pain, deception, desperation, and love against the odds—and the rules.

Meg Ferguson

Julia Lotz

Toni pilato

Jenna is sweet sixteen, the age when a girl is supposed to find her prince. Instead she finds Mr Anderson - intelligent, handsome, married Mr Anderson, who just happens to be her chemistry teacher. With a dark past and a difficult family, Jenna is just happy to have someone to protect her, to worry about her, to love her. But should she be suspicious of Mr Anderson's reputation for helping 'damaged' students? Why is the most popular girl in school suddenly jealous of her? And where is Mr Anderson's wife? This is a love story that breaks all the rules, but that won't stop it breaking your heart.

Drowning Instinct

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