Even If It Hurts - Sam Mariano

He could have been my hero.\n He saved my life that night, a beautiful dark angel slicing through my fear and the water, dragging me from its deadly clutches.\n He should have been my hero.\n I thought maybe he was.\n Villains aren’t supposed to win, and good should always conquer evil, but in the elite coastal town I live in, the only purpose a label has is letting you know what something—or someone—costs. Good, bad; it’s all relative, and it hardly matters. Baymont, California is a land of beautiful villains and happy-ever-afters that are just out of reach.\n Especially for me.\n Until Dare moves the world beneath my feet, and even though I’m afraid to trust it—to trust him—boy, am I tempted.\n In more ways than one.\n Being with Dare is scary, but being without him is impossible.\n H