Books with author Jessica Bucher

An eighties girl in a modern world. Sloane would rather curl up with a John Hughes movie than walk the halls of Grover High. However, all of that is about to change because on the first day of school she runs into none other than Mr. Sixteen Candles himself, Jake Ryan.Okay, he's not really Jake Ryan, but Gabe has the khakis, sports car and trademark charm to fit the role.Sloane hopes to pull a Molly Ringwald and win him over with her quirky sense of humor and even quirkier fashion sense, but what she doesn't know is that she and her seemingly untouchable celebrity crush have a lot more in common than they think.Seeking Jake Ryan is the first in a series of romantic comedies centering around everybody's favorite eighties movies.

A dancer who is afraid to take the lead. They say senior year is the time of your life, but Reagan Riley is hoping to just get through it.Used to living in the shadow of her mother's unrealized dance dreams, Reagan's plan has always been to lay low and keep to the chorus line.Too bad the captain of her dance team transferred school a week before classes start. Now Reagan is forced to step out of the shadows and into the spotlight.The dancing she can handle, but leading a team? She's not sure she's cut out for that, especially not when Grover's newest male dancer is the hot french guy she hooked up with this summer.Chasing Johnny Castle is the third book in a series of romantic comedies centering around everybody's favorite '80s movies. Each book in the Dear Molly Series is a complete standalone and can be read in any order.

An outsider with an image to protect. Harper loves to cause trouble--especially since her dad is the Chief of Police.Which makes dating a leather-jacket-wearing, motorcycle-riding Dallas Winston wannabe so much fun!There's no harm in stirring up a little trouble, right?Wrong. After one little slip-up, Harper's dad assigns her community service with the preppy scum turned police intern--Landon Maxwell. Now, her bad-boy boyfriend has a wicked revenge plan that might actually get her dad's attention, but Landon won't let her out of his sight. Not when he suspects she's up to no good, and especially not when he realizes keeping Harper in line feels a lot like falling for her.Dumping Dallas Winston is the second book in a series of romantic comedies centering around everybody's favorite '80s movies. The Dear Molly Series can be read in any order.

Fans of We Were Liars and Thirteen Reasons Why will love The Hereafter!The end is only a painful beginning.Seventeen-year-old Nin was too young to die. Just when she was ready to break out of her shell and head to college on the west coast with her best friend—her life met its violent and unexpected end. Dylan Dawson’s short existence was laughably unfair, from start to finish. He doesn’t need to remember his death to know that he deserved it, so waking up between two dumpsters in the city was no major surprise.Meeting a bright-eyed girl like Nin was.Together in the hereafter, the two of them spend one endless summer exploring their new world. And just when the undeniable sparks ignite between them, Nin and Dylan discover that their second chance at life isn’t so impossible after all. Given the chance to change their fates, Nin and Dylan must decide—life or love.Weaving through past and present and alternating perspectives, The Hereafter is a heart-wrenching and emotional journey about young love and second chances.Warning: These teens’ lives have been shattered by some very real, but tragic elements, such as: drug abuse, domestic violence, and suicide. This story is recommended for mature readers."Bucher’s take on contemporary romance might be a strike of brilliance, but get your box of tissues … you’re going to need them." -Melissa Craven, Young Adult Book Central

Enchanted city. Old curse. New threat.Taq, a young fiddler, comes to Prague with dreams of joining the Bohemians—a band of immortal, magic-wielding street performers. With a mission to right past wrongs, things don’t go as planned when he meets the beautiful performer, Katia. Now, he must decide if revealing his secret is worth losing her heart.Katia has spent one hundred years chained to the city, broken-hearted and silent,waiting for her chance to be free. But with an impending threat on Bohemia itself and a mysterious newcomer, peace is starting to look farther than ever. Now she must decide if she should trust Taq or put her faith in the one who broke her heart—the tyrannical Magistrate of Bohemia. Curses can be broken, but at what cost?

Old rivalry. Broken hearts. New plan.Katia nearly lost everything to save the one she loves. Now she will stop at nothing to make the Magistrate pay and free the Bohemians from his rule. After joining Bohemia’s rival, the Cirque, Katia makes a risky plan to infiltrate the Magistrate’s heart in hopes of obtaining the secrets that could destroy him forever. Broken hearts can be mended, but at what cost?The Magistrate is no stranger to pain. So, when the girl who broke his heart appears on his doorstep asking for help, he proposes a dangerous trade. He will give her his secrets in the hopes of winning her heart back...even if costs Bohemia everything.Katia and Yuri are playing with fire, and in this game, everyone burns.Grains of Fire is the second installment in The Bohemians series and a sequel to Notes of Magic

Three laugh out loud romantic comedies to remind you that falling in love never goes the way you planned.Hot by Halloween:When her boyfriend shattered her universe last spring, Addy convinced herself that if only she were a little hotter, then she could have kept him. Which is why her senior year goal is to get revenge.Step one: Join the swim team and get seriously fit.Step two: Find some gorgeous new arm candy to take to ex's big Halloween party and make him crazy with jealousy.Step three: Try not to fall super hard for said arm candy.Nerdy by New Year:Lucy and Simon used to be inseparable...until Lucy hopped on the popularity train by humiliating Simon in front of the whole school. Now, her senior year goal is to get him back by New Year's Eve.Step one: Join his club and find a cause.Step two: Prove to him she's more than a mean girl.Step three: Earn his trust, and maybe his heartPromised by Prom:Nora has always been the odd duck in her squad of three--a trait that never bothered her before. But now that Lucy and Addy are going off to college and Nora is stuck in Delinki, she's ready to find her match. Which is why her senior year goal is to score a serious relationship by Prom.Step one: Hit the dating scene.Step two: Keep the loyal guy friend on the sidelines as an escape plan.Step three: Do not get caught kissing the escape plan!Nora has always been the odd duck in her squad of three--a trait that never bothered her before. But now that Lucy and Addy are going off to college and Nora is stuck in Delinki, she's ready to find her match. Which is why her senior year goal is to score a serious relationship by Prom.Step one: Hit the dating scene.Step two: Keep the loyal guy friend on the sidelines as an escape plan.Step three: Do not get caught kissing the escape plan!"This is the girl squad we all deserve and these are the squad goals we maybe shouldn't be making but probably do anyway... like getting hot for the wrong reasons or making an ex boyfriend jealous even though he's not worth our time or trying to fit into an elite clique despite our better judgment. These characters are relatable to the core and the lessons they learn from their crazy shenanigans are heartfelt and memorable. I loved these books and laughed out loud well into the night with each one. Bravo!" -Nina Walker, USA Today Bestselling Author

Summer may be over, but she's ready to bring the heat.When her boyfriend shattered her universe last spring, Addy convinced herself that if only she were a little hotter, then she could have kept him. Which is why her senior year goal is to get revenge.Step one: Join the swim team and get seriously fit.Step two: Find some gorgeous new arm candy to take to ex's big Halloween party and make him crazy with jealousy.Step three: Try not to fall super hard for said arm candy.Gray Turner is a California transplant with goals of his own: get the swim team to regionals, get the scholarship he needs, and get out of this town. Too bad some girl with zero swim skills just joined the team. Private lessons seem like a good idea...until lessons start to feel like something more.Addy and Gray started the season with specific plans, but falling for one another wasn't one of them.

Where there’s love, there’s misery.Violet Noble loves a good challenge. That’s why her parents were so insistent on getting her and her twin brother, Sebastian, a scholarship to Shelfbrooke Academy. But when Sebastian bails on the plan, Violet is left alone in a strange land of rich kids and hot rugby players.When Violet discovers the academy’s online gossip forum, she finds the courage to comment...under her brother’s profile. Before she knows it, she's giving dating advice to the captain of the rugby team, Owen Duke, and flirting with his beautiful ex-girlfriend, Lily Thorn.Now, Violet is falling for Owen, and Lily is falling for fake-Sebastian, and everyone is miserable. Can Violet clean up the mess she’s made...and somehow keep her new friends in the process?Twelfth Knight is a modern retelling of the classic Shakespeare comedy. It’s the first book in the Shelfbrooke Academy series, a collection of retellings that promise to be a lot more fun than the originals!

Nin has no recollection of her death. The things she does remember, like her cruel boyfriend, troubled father, and absent mother, she’d like to forget. Dylan doesn’t need to remember his death to know that he deserved it. Who needs memories when you have the scars? Sparks ignite when the two, very different, strangers meet. Together they spend one endless summer exploring their new world. Suddenly, their after-lives hold more possibility and promise than their tragic teenage lives ever did. But no dream lasts forever, and all too soon, harmful memories from their pasts emerge and threaten to tear them apart. Given the chance to change their fates, Nin and Dylan must decide-- life or love. Weaving through past and present and alternating perspectives, The Hereafter is an emotional journey about young love and second chances.

To get the guy, she'll have to get down and nerdy!Lucy and Simon used to be inseparable...until Lucy hopped on the popularity train by humiliating Simon in front of the whole school. Now, her senior year goal is to get him back by New Year's Eve.Step one: Join his club and find a cause.Step two: Prove to him she's more than a mean girl.Step three: Earn his trust, and maybe his heart.Simon is perfectly fine with never speaking to Lucy again, especially after she humiliated him sophomore year. But then she walks into his Key Club meeting with a mission, and suddenly old feelings come roaring back.Lucy and Simon started the year as enemies, but they may just end it in each other's arms.

Enchanted city. Old magic. New threat. Taq, a young fiddler, comes to Prague with dreams of joining the Bohemians—a band of immortal, magic-wielding street performers. With a mission to right past wrongs, things don’t go as planned when he meets the beautiful performer, Katia. Now, he must decide if revealing his secret is worth losing her heart. Katia has spent one hundred years chained to the city, broken-hearted and silent, waiting for her chance to be free. But with an impending threat on Bohemia itself and a mysterious newcomer, peace is starting look farther than ever. Now she must decide if she should trust Taq or put her faith in the one who broke her heart—the tyrannical Magistrate of Bohemia. Curses can be broken, but at what cost?