Beauty and the Bad Boy

Hayes High’s golden girl meets the school’s bad boy in this clean YA contemporary romance by Sarah Sutton. Set during the school year in a small-town high school, Beauty and the Bad Boy follows a “perfect” girl whose carefully planned life clashes with the boy who knows all her old secrets. Once childhood friends, they’re now stuck on opposite sides of the social world, where every hallway run-in feels like a challenge. Told in first person, the story leans into enemies-to-lovers tension without explicit content. Readers get sweet romance, sharp banter, and the ache of two people who remember what they used to mean to each other. Themes of family expectations, reputation, loyalty, and second chances give emotional depth. Ideal for readers who want a wholesome slow-burn romance with a moody hero, a determined heroine, and plenty of high school drama.