title: Boyfriends, Burritos & an Ocean of Trouble (Real Life)
author: Nancy N. Rue
description: Romance goes terribly wrong in this second book in the authors Real Life series. Bryn, 15, is assaulted by her gorgeous boyfriend, Preston, and she tries to hide her bruises and deny her shame until her father discovers the abuse and makes her press charges. The court hearings drag on, and Bryn just wants to make it all go away. Meanwhile, Preston threatens her, and his in-crowd friends call her a drama queen and send her ugly text messages. Bryn finds help from her hip grandmother, who teaches Bryn to surf wild waves, and also from Jesus, who speaks to her from a contemporary version of the Book of Luke. Will she ever trust a boy and fall in love again? Romance does return when Bryn gets close with Sean, a cool surfer who supports her. Rue folds in quite a lot for one YA novel, but the secrets will grab readers, and the dialogue is right on target. Grades 8-12. --Hazel Rochman
zlib_text: Seashores of Old Mexico
   
  By BA Tortuga
   
  After a bar fight gone horribly wrong, Clint is on the run, tired, hungry, and desperate to get out
  of Texas and across the border as fast as he can. But more than anything, he needs a place to relax and
  feel safe—at least for a little while. Searching for work, he stumbles into a cantina on the beach and
  runs into its owner. Jack might be a little older and a little worldlier, but the two men have enough in
  common to form a fast friendship that soon spills over into the bedroom.
  But Clint isn’t the only who’s done things he isn’t proud of, things he’d rather keep hidden. Both
  of them have to be ready to drop everything and run if the past gets too close, and that’s no foundation
  for a relationship—especially since the truth always comes out eventually.
  
  Table of Contents
  Blurb
  Chapter One
  Chapter Two
  Chapter Three
  Chapter Four
  Chapter Five
  Chapter Six
  Epilogue
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