Books in Principles of Love series

As summer vacation comes to an end, Love Bukowski faces her junior year at Hadley Hall with some trepidation as she tries to cope with her favorite aunt's struggle with cancer, her father's continuing remoteness, lost friendships, a faded romance, and being responsible for hosting the new exchange student from London.Love Bukowski faces her junior year at Hadley Hall with some trepidation as she tries to cope with her aunt's cancer, her father's remoteness, lost friendships, faded romances, and being responsible for hosting the new exchange student.

After an unbelievable semester in London, Love Bukowski is back at Hadley Hall, suffering from major Euro-withdrawal and an acute longing for her Brit boyfriend. But she had to make a sudden departure from London Academy of Drama and Music to be by her Aunt Mable's side while she fights breast cancer. As far as long-distance romance goes, let's just say London is not calling. But her ex, Jacob, has popped back into her life. Meanwhile, her dad claims she's picked up some pretty obnoxious habits across the pond, and her Aunt Mable is dropping more hints than ever about her mystery mother's identity. Looks like spring semester may still have a few more surprises to spring on her.

Just when Love meets her half-sister in LA, her dad calls to burst her blissful summer bubble. Her mother, whose identity was kept a mystery her entire life, is in Martha's Vineyard. Love has to cut her trip short and book it home. Unfortunately, what she finds isn't her mother, but a whole world turned upside down. For one thing, Love's boyfriend Charlie has traded in his fishing pole for a pair of stiff khakis to please his equally stiff and overbearing parents. Meanwhile, her ex professes to still have feelings for her. Thankfully she has her friends and Dad to rely on. But even Dad doesn't have all the answers. Only one woman can clear things up, a woman who's never known Love. Has she come back to stay? Maybe ignorance was bliss.

Love finally connects with her mother - and finds her whole world turned upside down. Big changes are afoot for Love Bukowski. Just when she meets her half-sister for the first time in Los Angeles, she gets a call from her long-lost mother and hops a plane back to Martha's Vineyard. Love is ready to embrace the new and exciting steps toward her senior year - but in Massachusetts, she finds more than she bargained for. Her mom is still not there, her boyfriend, Charlie, has changed from a down-to-earth guy into someone she's not sure she knows anymore, and her old flame Jacob is wearing his heart on his short-sleeved tee. She could use some advice, but her dad doesn't have all the answers. Arabella's in California, and her best buddy Chris has distractions of his own. Only one woman can clear things up - one who's never been a part of Love's life before.

What do you really know about Love?Love's her name, but it's not her whole story... Love Bukowski is a new sophomore at Hadley Hall, the posh prep school where her father is now principal. Raised by her single dad (with more than a little help from her funky aunt Mable), almost-sixteen-year-old Love is strong willed, with a wry sense of humor - but will she fit into the world of Hadley Hall? In the made-for-TV version of her life, she’s got cool friends and hot guys galore. But being a "fac brat" makes new friends hard to come by, and the guys - well, that remains to be seen. Now Love's got to step it up if she's going to overcome her less-than-glamorous reality and get that walk-on role in her own fantasies.

Springtime blooms, but for Love Bukowski, life at home is chilly. After an incredible semester at the London Academy of Drama and Music, Love Bukowski is back at Hadley Hall. Unfortunately, it feels as though her fabulous British life (and boyfriend) are on hold. Love wants only to be at Aunt Mable's side during her fight with breast cancer. But Love's English boyfriend, Asher, suddenly doesn't seem to want to talk to her, and her ex-boyfriend Jacob has popped back into her life. Love's dad is struggling with the way she's changed (i.e., grown up), and Aunt Mable has new information about Love's mysterious mother. Love still longs for security - but maybe home is not the place to find it.