Books with author nicole-smith

Be sure to check out the first book of the Ava G. Chronicles!Bex is growing up! Read about her high school adventures in the hilarious new series, The Bex Carter Dramadies.Book 1 of the Bex Carter Series: Thirteen-year-old Bex Carter has a lot on her plate. Her biggest challenge is living with her Aunt Jeanie. As much as Bex tries to please her aunt, they always seem to butt heads. Sometimes Bex feels as if Aunt Jeanie goes out of her way to make her life miserable. Aunt Jeanie enrolls Bex in a social group called the Silver Roses, a group that's supposed to teach young girls how to be proper ladies, however it turns out to be nothing more than a club for snobs. Bex wants out, but she's made a deal with Aunt Jeanie. Will Bex take a stand against the Silver Roses or will their snobbery rub off on her?#1: Aunt Jeanie's Revenge#2: All's Fair in Love and Math#3: Winter Blunderland#4: The Great "BOY"cott of Lincoln Middle#5: Love, Politics, and Red Velvet Cupcakes#6: So Scandalous#7: My B.F.F. (Bogus Fake Friend)#8: Camp Lie-A-Lot

What happens when a mean girl gets a taste of her own medicine?Ava Groves is used to being the queen bee. When her parents decide to send her to a prestigious boarding school late in the year, she’s sure reaching popular girl status will be a piece of cake. Ava has the right look, the latest fashions, her mom is best friends with the dean, and she’ll be going to school with her bestie, Ava T. Everything should be a piece of cake, right?Unfortunately for Ava, Everdale Academy already has a ninth-grade queen bee named Montana Brooks. When Ava tries to befriend her, her efforts backfire. Montana and her friends get Ava in so much trouble that she’s almost expelled. They also play a nasty prank on her that ends in major embarrassment. To make matters worse, her best friend refuses to stick up for her, and the headmistress hates her guts.Between mega mean girls, an annoying dorm mate, and adjusting to living away from home, Ava has her work cut out for her. Will she make it to her sophomore year, or will she be eaten alive by the mean girls of Everdale?Grab your copy today!Book 1: Confessions of a Mean GirlBook 2: Mean is an UnderstatementBook 3: Glam and GossipBook 4: Queen of the Sophomores

It’s a new year at the Everdale School for Girls. Although the last few months of Ava Groves’ freshman year were a little rocky, she has high hopes that this year will be the best year of high school ever.With her mean-girl past behind her, Ava finds herself with plenty of friends and she’s rocking her new position on the cheerleading squad. She’s flattered when she’s nominated to run for sophomore president and she and her boyfriend Oliver are growing closer and closer.While making new friends is great, Ava is having a hard time balancing her old friends and her new ones. Her sworn enemy, Montana Brooks, is also running for president and is willing to do anything it takes to win. Aside from using her father’s unlimited funds for bribes, Montana starts a smear campaign against Ava to keep her from winning.As things heat up, claiming the title of Queen Bee is hard to resist, but it may cost Ava her friends. Will this be the best year ever or will the wrong decisions completely ruin Ava’s sophomore year?Grab your copy today!

The first book of the Bex Carter DramadiesWarning: This is what NOT to do.High school is supposed to be Bex's time to shine, but things are off to a rocky start. First, her aunt embarrasses her on her very first day of high school. Next, Bex tries out for the soccer team and inadvertently makes the team captain angry. Then there’s the struggle to keep her grades up without being sidetracked by boy drama so her aunt won't ship her off to prison (AKA boarding school). On the plus side, Bex meets a cute boy named Lucas, but there's a little voice in her head telling her that Lucas is too perfect to be true. How is Bex supposed to survive her first year of high school when she can barely make it through the first week?

The third book of the Bex Carter DramadiesBex’s freshman year got off to a rocky start, but things are finally starting to look up. She and her boyfriend Lucas are in a great place, the soccer team is getting better (slowly but surely), and she’s having lots of fun writing her school’s advice column. Bex is even nominated for freshman homecoming princess.Unfortunately, it doesn’t take long for trouble to rear its ugly head. Brenna, the jealous soccer captain is determined to ruin Bex’s first homecoming experience while Bex’s newfound enemies engage in a dirty all-out war for the tiara. On top of all that, a stupid school rule gets in the way of Lucas being Bex’s escort on the homecoming float. As if that isn’t enough, Bex inadvertently starts a movement when Brenna declares that all girls must wear heels to the dance. As usual, what starts as a molehill becomes a mountain and things get out of control real fast. Who knew the ninth grade could be so complicated?The Bex Carter Dramadies Series:#1: How NOT to do High School#2: Boy Tears are Delicious#3: High Heels are Evil

Check out the Ava G. Chronicles!Book 5 of the Bex Carter Series:Bex Carter is running for president of the eighth grade. At first she decides to run, simply to challenge her arch enemy Ava Groves, but the more she campaigns, the more she wants to win for the right reasons. Things get a little complicated when a boy is thrown into the presidential race and Bex soon discovers that love and politics just don't mix. Will Bex be triumphant in becoming Lincoln Middle's eighth-grade president, or will mean girl Ava Groves win and make Bex's last year of middle school miserable? Ages 9 and upOther Books in the Bex Carter Series:Bex Carter #1: Aunt Jeanie's RevengeBex Carter #2: All's Fair in Love and MathBex Carter #3: Winter BlunderlandBex Carter #4: The Great "BOY"cott of Lincoln MiddleBex Carter #5: Love, Politics, and Red Velvet CupcakesBex Carter #6: So Scandalous Bex Carter #7: My B.F.F. (Bogus Fake Friend)Bex Carter #8: Camp Lie-A-Lot

No one said being a reformed mean girl would be easy. It certainly isn’t for Ava Groves. She’s still adjusting to life at an all-girl boarding school and mean-girl Montana Brooks isn’t making it easy. Ava already has a lot on her plate. She’s making time for her relationship with Jason, dealing with back-stabbing ex-best friends, and keeping herself from falling back into her mean-girl ways. The last thing she needs is an all-out war with Montana.Unfortunately that’s exactly what happens when Ava ends up being paired up with Montana’s crush for a community service project. In return, Montana goes on a mission to make Ava’s life miserable. All Ava wants to do is make it to the end of her freshman year in one piece. She knows she has to stand up for herself but how do you battle a mean girl without becoming one yourself? Will Ava continue on her journey of becoming a better person or will she resort to being the Queen of Mean once again?Grab your copy today and find out!Books in the Ava G Chronicles Series:#1: Confessions of a Mean Girl#2: Mean is an Understatement#3: Glam and Gossip#4: Queen of the Sophomores

Book Five of the Bex Carter DramadiesBex always thought that she and her friends would be besties forever. Things seem to be going that way until Chirpy begins to change into a different person. She wants to change her name and she’s much more into her looks than she used to be. Bex can overlook all that until Chirpy betrays her. How is she ever supposed to trust Chirpy again?Bex tries to move on without her best friend but Chirpy doesn’t make that easy. She’s determined to ruin Bex’s love and social life. With their friend, Lily-Rose caught in the middle, Bex fears she may lose her too. Is this just a little bump in the road that Bex and her friends will get over, or will she lose the girls who have been her besties since the first grade?Other Books in the Bex Carter Dramadies:Book 1: How Not to do High SchoolBook 2: Boy Tears are DeliciousBook 3: High Heels are EvilBook 4: Caution: Love Triangles AheadBook 5: Chirpy Martin is Dead to Me

Haisley’s summer dream has become a summer of bad decisions.Haisley is falling for her crush, Weston, but her cousin Chanel blackmails her into staying away from him. Avoiding Weston proves to be a huge challenge and she can’t bring herself to tell him that they can’t date.Meanwhile, a night of wild fun and poor choices may leave Haisley and Chanel confined to their bedroom for the rest of the summer. Having to share a room with Chanel is already unbearable. Haisley would rather be surrounded by a swarm of jellyfish than to be stuck with Chanel for the next five weeks. Although she doesn’t get along with her cousin, Haisley knows that Chanel’s boyfriend is bad news. It’s not going to be easy to get Chanel to see how toxic he really is.Who knew a summer of fun in the sun could turn into so much drama?Grab your copy today. The Sea Holly Cove series is rated G for all audiences.The Sea Holly Cove Series:Summer CrushSummer NightsSummer LoveSummer DreamsSummer LiesSummer Queen

The school year is winding down at Everdale Academy and Ava has finally found her place. She has a great group of friends and the other girls are starting to give her a chance. Also, thanks to Ava, Montana Brooks is losing her power as the reigning queen bee. With cheerleading tryouts and the Spring Ball just around the corner, Ava is finally excited about her new life at Everdale. Until . . .A mega-expensive bracelet belonging to Montana goes missing and Ava is the prime suspect. The headmistress doesn’t believe Ava as she pleads her innocence and bans her from the Spring Ball and cheerleading tryouts. Even worse, everyone now thinks Ava is a thief and her budding “friendship” with Oliver might be over. What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty?With the Spring Ball right around the corner, Ava doesn’t have much time to find the real thief and clear her name. Will she be successful or will her reputation at Everdale be permanently ruined?Grab your copy today to find out!Books in the Ava G Chronicles Series:#1: Confessions of a Mean Girl#2: Mean is an Understatement#3: Glam and Gossip#4: Queen of the Sophomores

Book Two of the Bex Carter Dramadies:Bex finally gets to put her writing skills to good use when she takes over the Dear Abby column for the school paper. Freshmen in need of help write anonymous letters to "Abby" and Bex tries her best to help them out, unfortunately, her advice doesn't always have the best results.Then she discovers that a group of sophomore boys have invented a game called the "Freshman Five". This game requires them to each prank a freshman girl until she cries. Once Bex and her friends find out, they are determined to make this cruel game backfire on the boys.

Dive into this riveting summer teen series!Haisley Taylor wants to have a relaxing summer hanging out with her besties while raking in tons of babysitting money. Everything is going according to plan until she’s forced to spend the summer with her awful cousin, Chanel. Haisley’s hope for a fun, money-earning summer crumbles as she tries to get along with her spoiled-rotten cousin who’s hated her since they were in diapers.Sea Holly Cove is an expensive beach town on the Florida coast that caters to the wealthy and famous. Haisley knows from day one that she doesn’t belong there. Chanel and her friends are used to million-dollar mansions, private jets, and exclusive boarding schools. Embarrassed by her humble home life, Haisley tells a few lies to fit in. At first it seems to be no big deal until she meets her summer crush, Weston, and the lies keep piling up. Chanel says she’ll keep Haisley’s secrets, but her silence comes at a steep price.Haisley finds herself at Chanel’s mercy because she doesn’t want to spend the summer boyless, friendless, and miserable. One thing’s for sure—there’s never a dull moment at the Cove.Grab your copy today. The Sea Holly Cove series is rated G for all audiences.Books in the Sea Holly Cove series:Week 1: Summer CrushWeek 2: Summer Nights Week 3: Summer LoveWeek 4: Summer DreamsWeek 5: Summer LiesWeek 6: Summer Queen