Jesse's Girl

Author: Miranda Kenneally

Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire

Year Published: 2015

Page: 291

Every year, Maya Henry's school, Hundred Oaks, has this Career Shadow Day, where every senior has to "shadow" a professional for a day as the way to help them to figure out what kind of career they want in the future. Maya wants to be a musician, and she had already expected to work in the electronic section at Walmart--because Career Shadow Day is usually that lame. So, she was very surprised when she was given task to shadow a famous teen country singer, Jesse Scott, and an opportunity to meet him on his concert. First, she hadn't expected that her headmaster would be that serious about her dream. Second, he also happens to be Jesse's uncle. Third, she has never liked country; she's more into Queen and other 80's rock bands.

At the beginning, Jesse was a jerk toward Maya as he thought Maya was one of his groupies. But on that one day Career Shadow Day, when Maya and Jesse had to spend a day together to get Maya know how the life of musician is like, everything changed. Jesse was interested in knowing more about Maya and her passion in music and Maya found out more about the real Jesse that most of people don't know: his insecurity and his love to his family. Jesse understood Maya's dream and pushed her to be brave to go solo.

Will Maya be able to reach her dream? And will there be a chance for love to grow between Maya and Jesse?

Catching Jordan

Author: Miranda Kenneally (Hundred Oaks #1)

Publisher: Sourcebook Fire

Year Published: 2011

Pages: 284

This is a gift from the author. Thanks Miranda!

Jordan Woods is a talented football player and a dependable captain for her team. The problem is, she is a girl. And girls don't play football. Although all of the team members respect her and follow her lead, Jordan always feels that she has so many obstacles ahead. Her father, the great Donovan Woods, a famous NFL player, always doubt her capability and chooses not to attend any of Jordan's game. He always pushes Jordan to quit, even after University of Alabama shows the interest to recruit Jordan. The one who always supports her no matter what is her best friend and teammate, Sam Henry.

The arrival of Ty Green, a transfer student, threatens Jordan's position as a quarterback because that's also Ty's position and Ty is way better than Jordan. But Ty is so sweet, caring and also sexy. And most of all, he shows his interest for her. For the first time, Jordan thinks she finally falls in love. But love and friendship cannot walk along together. As Jordan becomes closer to Ty, she feels that Henry slowly walks away from her. What happens to Henry and why can't Jordan have them both?