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Alex Herron has more secrets than a cat has lives. Keeping up with the charade that’s her life is draining, and her façade is cracking under the stress. She’s the American teen dream - blonde, blue-eyed, and head cheerleader at her high school, but no one knows the real Alex...and she plans to keep it that way. The truth would make her an instant outcast.

Used to playing games and winning, the Playgirls are about to discover that what used to work is no longer viable for them. Life finds them struggling to get by, just like everyone else. Not prone to having to work so hard for what they want, Chelsea, Alyssa, and Katherine have to tighten up their game or risk losing what they thought they once had. When Chelsea meets her match in handsome Antonio, the chase is on, but will Antonio be easily snared in her silly game or is Chelsea about to learn a very tough lesson?

Three beautiful coeds live by the mantra "Catch and Release". Spending their summers teasing handsome guys, just to let them go is a way of life for the Playgirls, but life has a funny way of catching up with them. Katherine, a beautiful actress, has her eyes on her hot new director, but is their sizzle too hot to handle? The self-proclaimed cougar, Chelsea, prowls the college campus hunting for her prey. When she meets her match, will there be a new queen of the cougars on campus? Alyssa, quiet, yet as intoxicating as the other two, has a growing "Catch and Release" to-do list.

The Playgirls are in the big leagues now with serious careers and serious relationships, but that doesn't stop trouble from finding them. Katherine is ready for babies, but Ken has other plans. Compromising is not a skill Katherine is used to and Ken has invested too much time as the long-suffering man on the sidelines. In order to have what they want, one will have to bend, but which is really up for that challenge? Alyssa is finally focused, but has that focus left a blind spot for her. Love is only a few feet away from her.

After graduating from Princeton and spending a whirlwind summer in Europe with Ashley, Alex starts her new job in New York City. Her apartment is tiny and the neighborhood is seamy, but it doesn’t dampen her determination to keep reaching for her dreams. The one bright spot is Oscar’s visit. They have a fantastic time, but it’s clear she and Oscar will never be lovers again - that chapter of their lives is forever closed. For the first time in years, Alex goes home for Christmas and spends the holidays with her family.

Alex Heron has more secrets than a cat has lives. Keeping up with the charade that’s her life is draining and her façade is cracking under the stress. She’s the American teen dream - blonde, blue-eyed and head cheerleader at her high school, but no one knows the real Alex...and she plans to keep it that way. The truth would make her an instant outcast. Enter Mark Simmons, the new math teacher. With a body to die for and a face that makes every girl swoon, Alex is no exception...until she realizes she opens up to him more than anyone else in her life. Even her best friend, Claire.

Alex’s dream has come true! She’s ridden her grades all the way to Princeton with an academic scholarship. Money is tight and the memories of her father’s death still bring tears to her eyes, but her new roommate, Ashley, is a breath of life to Alex’s soul! Alex misses Mark so much but the more Ashley drags her into the college experience the less she thinks of him. Letters of Love follows Alex to college and the next stage of her poignant journey toward the truest love - loving herself enough to say yes to her own life!