Notorious (Legend Valley Academy, Book 1): A Young Adult Multicultural Paranormal Academy Slow Burn Romance series

meets with a dash of Bollywood in this tale of screw-ups and second chances.As the only child of a broke single mom, Malaika 'Mal' Jones doesn't mind breaking the law for cold, hard cash. But when a streak of bad luck leads to the local police almost busting her, Mal's only escape is to accept a place at Legend Valley Academy, a paranormal boarding school. Her mom doesn't want her to go, but with a criminal on her tail-who thinks she's a snitch-a magical Academy in another freaking is the best place to hide. Right? Wrong. All she had to do was keep her head down and wait this year out, but not standing out is harder than Mal thought. Turns out, her deadbeat dad is more famous than she knew. And something horrible is going on at the Academy. The worst part: Mal is one of the only witnesses...