Hannah Grace

Le dernier phénomène TikTok irrésistiblement romantique de la série Maple Hills suit deux moniteurs de camp d'été qui se retrouvent après une nuit passionnée. Lors d'une soirée célébrant la conclusion de l'année scolaire, Russ Callaghan et Aurora Roberts, étudiants à Maple Hills, se rencontrent. Un jeu alcoolisé les mène vers une aventure d'une nuit. Jamais du genre à trop s'attarder (ou à attendre grand-chose d'un homme), Aurora s'éclipse avant même que Russ ait l'occasion de lui demander son nom complet. Quelle n’est pas leur surprise de se croiser dès le premier jour du camp d'été où ils sont tous deux moniteurs, alors qu’ils cherchent à fuir leurs vies familiales compliquées. Russ espère que s'éloigner suffisamment de Maple Hills lui permette d'éviter de gérer les conséquences de l'addiction au jeu de son père, tandis qu'Aurora, lassée de constamment chercher l'attention des autres, aspire à retrouver un endroit où elle se sent vraiment à sa place. Russ sait que s'il enfreint la règle stricte du camp interdisant toute relation entre le personnel, il pourrait être renvoyé à Maple Hills avant la fin de l'été. Mais malheureusement pour lui, Aurora n'a jamais vraiment pris les règles au sérieux...

Après Icebreaker

Wildfire - Maple Hills Tome 2

Kymora Wang

I appreciate it anyway, and for the first time in a long time, I feel understood. Which is a strange feeling to accept, since a lot of the time I don’t understand myself. 

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People mistake me being quiet for being shy, but I’m not shy. I don’t think I’m even that quiet, it just looks that way because of how loud everyone else is. I prefer to sit and listen than be the focus of everything, unlike my teammates. There’s too much pressure with being the center of attention, too many opportunities to fuck everything up. I’m much happier being an observer, watching from the outside.

The only person who knows you’re not confident is you.

When faced with two people so well suited, I find it impossible not to wonder what my own version of that might look like. But then I remember how fun being traumatized by my parents’ relationship was, and the desire for my own evaporates as quickly as it arrived.

For all the romance books I’ve read and all the happy endings I’ve enjoyed, I can’t imagine my own. I’d like to hope I’ll have one, but hope can be dangerous.

Someone much smarter than me once said something poetic and clever about 

love being when you give someone the power to hurt you but trust them not to

, but I can’t imagine ever trusting someone that much. If I want my feelings hurt, I am more than capable of doing it to myself. It’s a skill I’ve honed over many years, and arguably my best one. I’d like to trust someone one day, though, maybe.

I hate that I’ve let my life become one shaped by kneejerk reactions to feeling forgotten.

For once I want to make a decision because it will make me happy, not because something has triggered me into acting out.

The feeling scaries is what Emilia calls the moment of clarity you get after you’ve left a situation you were wrapped up in. It’s the sinking feeling in your gut when the anxiety sets in and you consider whether you did the right thing.

The feeling scaries isn’t necessarily regret, it’s reflection, and I prefer to be distracted rather than reflective.

“He’s not going to answer; it’s fine.” It is fine, because you can’t be disappointed by someone you have zero faith in.

“Being a ballerina has not stopped my sandals from shredding my feet because I was wearing the wrong shoes on a freaking hike.”

“Typical city girl,” I tease. “Should have read more small-town romances to prepare yourself for the country.”

WHY IS SAYING YOU’RE GOING to work on yourself easier than working on yourself?

“I’ve decided I don’t care,” I announce to Emilia.

“What are you talking about exactly?”

“That feels healthy and definitely not like it’ll backfire on you in the future.”

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