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If you only knew, Prerna Pickett

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fiction

If you only knew

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Prerna Pickett

A boy recently released from jail and the daughter of a prosecutor fall for each other against all the odds. But when their dark pasts come to light, can they make things work?Just released from jail, Corey wants is a new beginning but gets pulled in when his former gang vandalizes the home of Kent Hopper, the prosecutor who put him away. Tessa Harper catches Corey destroying her father's car, and sees a way to finally right the guilt she carries from getting away with a crime. Instead of turning Corey over to the police, she convinces her father to give Corey a second chance. Soon it is difficult to ignore the pull between them. But they're both keeping secrets, and will each have to face their demons in order to have a future together. -- adapted from jacket

adolescent