Broken and Screwed

Broken and Screwed opens Tijan's BS series with Alexandra, whose brother Ethan died in a car accident the night he graduated high school. A year on, Alex has stopped being the girl she used to be, and her family has never recovered from the loss. The only person who seems to understand what she's going through is Jesse, Ethan's best friend, who threw himself into basketball, partying, and girls to avoid feeling anything after Ethan's death.

Alex and Jesse are drawn to each other as the only two people who can talk honestly about Ethan — but Jesse knows more about the night Ethan died than he's told anyone, and the secret threatens to destroy the fragile connection forming between them. The sequel, Broken and Screwed 2, continues Alex's search for the truth about her brother's death and its fallout with her family.

Tijan's novel is a New Adult contemporary romance built around grief, secrets, and a slow-building relationship rather than a lighter college-romance tone.