He's unpredictable, desirable, daring – and mysterious. She's shy, a perfectionist – and wants him at any cost. Does their love stand a chance? A heartfelt romance from the bestselling author about a bad boy and a girl next door.

A fresh start in her old life – that's all Hazel Evans wants when she returns to New York from her semester abroad in Portugal. She is smart, decent, and studies at NYU. The only excitement in her life comes from the high-society events her best friend Grace regularly drags her to. Until she meets Caleb at one of these events and he turns her life completely upside down. Hazel doesn't recognize herself anymore, but one thing is clear: she wants Caleb. At any cost. Despite his dark secrets. Because Hazel has them too …

»Hidden Scars« is the first book of the »East Side Elite« trilogy by Ayla Dade.



Ayla Dade was born in 1994, is studying law and really needs the immersion in foreign worlds to escape the dry theory of her studies. As a little girl, she made her own books out of paper, gluing them together with paste and eventually filling them with her own stories. Inventing new worlds, her own characters, and profound stories mean everything to her.



»Wen mysteriöse Geheimnisse, Intrigen und Skandale ansprechen, der sollte unbedingt den Young- Adult-Roman ›Hidden Scars‹ von Ayla Dade lesen.«



»Ein Buch und eine Geschichte zweier Menschen, die unter die Haut geht und einfach intensiv und großartig zu lesen.«