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The Rosewoods #1-3
New Beginnings - The Rosewoods 1 - 3 Bundle
Books 1 - 3 in The Rosewoods Series - an exciting new Young Adult series for readers who love fun, flirty love stories.
TAKING THE REINS (Book 1)
Brooklyn Prescott (if that’s even her real name) is the new girl at The Rosewood Academy for Academic Excellence, now that she’s moved back to the States after two years living in London. Rosewood, a boarding school for children of the rich and famous and known for its celebutantes, is missing just one element important to any junior’s education: boys. But luckily for Brooklyn, and the rest of the Rosewood girls, there’s a boys’ boarding school, The Westwood Academy, just a few miles away.
On her very first day, Brooklyn meets Will, a gorgeous and flirty boy on campus to help with move in. But is he who she thinks he is? And what about Brady, the cute stable boy? Or Jared, the former child actor with his grown-up good looks who can always make her laugh? As Brooklyn settles in at Rosewood, she’s faced with new friends, new challenges and new opportunities to make herself into the girl she always wanted to be. Whoever that might be.
MASQUERADE (Book 2)
Halloween is coming and everyone knows what that means: costume party! For Brooklyn Prescott, the best thing about being the new school liaison was supposed to be planning the Halloween dance. Who doesn't want to escape herself, even if it's just for one night? But The Rosewood School for Academic Excellence has banned costumes and now Brooklyn's faced with the possibility of her first event being a total flop. Not to mention that she's planning the dance with Dave, the sexy and neglected boyfriend of her roommate, Emmie. Awkward!
It's not like planning the dance is her only concern either. On top of classes she's got equestrian team practice, and Coach Fleming has been acting very oddly. Talked into sneaking out to collect some intel with her friends, Brooklyn may have stumbled onto a huge, juicy secret that could involve the coach in a potentially career-ending scandal. And then there's Jared, who seemed to be into her, but has suddenly disappeared without a trace - not even a text message.
Things at Rosewood are getting complicated for Brooklyn, just as she's starting to fit in. The more she tries to uncover the secrets surrounding her, the more she realizes that her friends and even the faculty are all wearing masks. Does she dare look underneath them? Or does she put on one of her own?
PLAYING THE PART (Book 3)
Kaylee Bennett has never felt like she really fit in at The Rosewood Academy for Academic Excellence, but this year she feels even more like an outsider. Life has done a one-eighty for Kaylee and as she returns to the posh school for girls, she can’t bring herself to tell her secret to her friends and definitely not her long term crush, Phillip Carson. Not that Kaylee could ever imagine he would be attracted to a quiet bookworm like her anyway. But then there’s Declan Ryan, the gorgeous exchange student who seems to be interested, until Kaylee finds out his secret and why he might actually be into her, and it has nothing to do with her charm or love of English literature.
To complicate matters, Kaylee gets stuck running the school’s production of Romeo and Juliet, directing both Declan and Phillip with the help of Rosewood’s sexy first year teacher, Mr. Stratton—as if the Westwood boys weren’t enough of a distraction!
Determined to stay away from Declan and make things work with Phillip, Kaylee isolates herself from her friends and hides out in the house of cards she’s built to protect herself, but how long will it stay standing?
TAKING THE REINS (Book 1)
Brooklyn Prescott (if that’s even her real name) is the new girl at The Rosewood Academy for Academic Excellence, now that she’s moved back to the States after two years living in London. Rosewood, a boarding school for children of the rich and famous and known for its celebutantes, is missing just one element important to any junior’s education: boys. But luckily for Brooklyn, and the rest of the Rosewood girls, there’s a boys’ boarding school, The Westwood Academy, just a few miles away.
On her very first day, Brooklyn meets Will, a gorgeous and flirty boy on campus to help with move in. But is he who she thinks he is? And what about Brady, the cute stable boy? Or Jared, the former child actor with his grown-up good looks who can always make her laugh? As Brooklyn settles in at Rosewood, she’s faced with new friends, new challenges and new opportunities to make herself into the girl she always wanted to be. Whoever that might be.
MASQUERADE (Book 2)
Halloween is coming and everyone knows what that means: costume party! For Brooklyn Prescott, the best thing about being the new school liaison was supposed to be planning the Halloween dance. Who doesn't want to escape herself, even if it's just for one night? But The Rosewood School for Academic Excellence has banned costumes and now Brooklyn's faced with the possibility of her first event being a total flop. Not to mention that she's planning the dance with Dave, the sexy and neglected boyfriend of her roommate, Emmie. Awkward!
It's not like planning the dance is her only concern either. On top of classes she's got equestrian team practice, and Coach Fleming has been acting very oddly. Talked into sneaking out to collect some intel with her friends, Brooklyn may have stumbled onto a huge, juicy secret that could involve the coach in a potentially career-ending scandal. And then there's Jared, who seemed to be into her, but has suddenly disappeared without a trace - not even a text message.
Things at Rosewood are getting complicated for Brooklyn, just as she's starting to fit in. The more she tries to uncover the secrets surrounding her, the more she realizes that her friends and even the faculty are all wearing masks. Does she dare look underneath them? Or does she put on one of her own?
PLAYING THE PART (Book 3)
Kaylee Bennett has never felt like she really fit in at The Rosewood Academy for Academic Excellence, but this year she feels even more like an outsider. Life has done a one-eighty for Kaylee and as she returns to the posh school for girls, she can’t bring herself to tell her secret to her friends and definitely not her long term crush, Phillip Carson. Not that Kaylee could ever imagine he would be attracted to a quiet bookworm like her anyway. But then there’s Declan Ryan, the gorgeous exchange student who seems to be interested, until Kaylee finds out his secret and why he might actually be into her, and it has nothing to do with her charm or love of English literature.
To complicate matters, Kaylee gets stuck running the school’s production of Romeo and Juliet, directing both Declan and Phillip with the help of Rosewood’s sexy first year teacher, Mr. Stratton—as if the Westwood boys weren’t enough of a distraction!
Determined to stay away from Declan and make things work with Phillip, Kaylee isolates herself from her friends and hides out in the house of cards she’s built to protect herself, but how long will it stay standing?
- GenresRomanceYoung AdultAmazon
598 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 29, 2014
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About the author
Katrina Abbott
26 books239 followersA survivor of adolescence, Katrina Abbott loves writing about teens: best friends, cute boys, kissing, drama. Her main vice is romance, but she's been known to succumb to the occasional chocolate binge. She may or may not live in California with her husband, kids and several cats.
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February 19, 2020
I have just finished this three book series and absolutely loved it.
(Moving on to four)
It’s clearly aimed at readers slightly younger than me but, that didn’t stop me from becoming in groused in the lives of Brooklyn, Emmie,Kaylee, Cecilia, Seychelle (Chelly)
At time funny, at times romantic and a little suspenseful. The writing never becomes boring and the drama moves along at a nice pace.
These book focus mainly on the story from Brooklyn’s POV, and her budding friendships with all the girls while dealing with a attention of not one, not two, but THREE different boys (who will she pick???)
However, last the book is all about Kaylee, and the drama around her love life when she is on the radar of not one, but two boy’s plus, her infatuation with her science teacher Mr Stratton, who is helping her with the school production of Romeo&Juliet, all while keeping the secret she is hiding from the group about her personal circumstances.
This series is a good, fun read after some of the books (with more heavier subjects)I have been reading lately.
Side note: Brooklyn does get a tiny bit annoying sometimes with her matchmaking,....wanting all her friends to be hooked up. And, let’s say, this becomes really evident towards the end of Kaylee’s story when she (Brooklyn) takes it upon herself to push one of Kaylee’s relationships along.
However all up great reads that I could totally see as a tv series. Five stars
(Moving on to four)
It’s clearly aimed at readers slightly younger than me but, that didn’t stop me from becoming in groused in the lives of Brooklyn, Emmie,Kaylee, Cecilia, Seychelle (Chelly)
At time funny, at times romantic and a little suspenseful. The writing never becomes boring and the drama moves along at a nice pace.
These book focus mainly on the story from Brooklyn’s POV, and her budding friendships with all the girls while dealing with a attention of not one, not two, but THREE different boys (who will she pick???)
However, last the book is all about Kaylee, and the drama around her love life when she is on the radar of not one, but two boy’s plus, her infatuation with her science teacher Mr Stratton, who is helping her with the school production of Romeo&Juliet, all while keeping the secret she is hiding from the group about her personal circumstances.
This series is a good, fun read after some of the books (with more heavier subjects)I have been reading lately.
Side note: Brooklyn does get a tiny bit annoying sometimes with her matchmaking,....wanting all her friends to be hooked up. And, let’s say, this becomes really evident towards the end of Kaylee’s story when she (Brooklyn) takes it upon herself to push one of Kaylee’s relationships along.
However all up great reads that I could totally see as a tv series. Five stars
July 22, 2021
nice series of rich / priviliged teenage chick lit
nice series of rich / priviliged teenage chick lit in an all-girls boarding school,for the kids of the rich and famous.of course,with a similar boys' school nearby to give opportunity to the heart flutters of hormonal teenagers.
nice series of rich / priviliged teenage chick lit in an all-girls boarding school,for the kids of the rich and famous.of course,with a similar boys' school nearby to give opportunity to the heart flutters of hormonal teenagers.
July 25, 2021
A joy to read.
I loved the first person narrative A pleasure to read. I need to give ten more words to finish this review.
I loved the first person narrative A pleasure to read. I need to give ten more words to finish this review.
February 18, 2023
I had read "Taking the Reins " before, but like all good reads, it only gets better on each revisit.
#2 Masquerade
Life in an all girls school should be about lessons and activities, not boys and relationships.
However, it seems human nature to need that social and physical connection to the opposite sex.
So the dances are a way to alleviate that need, but really, all day, most days people wear masks, to hide their true feelings and personality.
#3 Playing the Part
No wonder guys say that girls give them whiplash, not being able to keep up with mixed signals.
This tale is about a young lady, keeping her own secrets, trying to go back to a crowd she no longer feels as though she fits in with.
Then there are the guys, both hot, but something off with both of them.
Interesting how things work themselves out.
#2 Masquerade
Life in an all girls school should be about lessons and activities, not boys and relationships.
However, it seems human nature to need that social and physical connection to the opposite sex.
So the dances are a way to alleviate that need, but really, all day, most days people wear masks, to hide their true feelings and personality.
#3 Playing the Part
No wonder guys say that girls give them whiplash, not being able to keep up with mixed signals.
This tale is about a young lady, keeping her own secrets, trying to go back to a crowd she no longer feels as though she fits in with.
Then there are the guys, both hot, but something off with both of them.
Interesting how things work themselves out.
April 11, 2015
I love this book I haven't finished it yet but just by figuring out the clues and seeing the hints it's clear that Kaylee(in the third book Playing the Part...)that Phillip's intentions isn't true and that she has the wrong idea about Declan.But all three books are amazing with its drama romance and the parts where I blush from head to toe or just simply laugh out loud..!!!
April 17, 2015
I liked it.
I sent on to read the other in the series....I think. Seems for some reason I read this month's ago but didn't write or rate it. But I know I liked the series.
I sent on to read the other in the series....I think. Seems for some reason I read this month's ago but didn't write or rate it. But I know I liked the series.
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