Everyone has met them: The people who play with your heart. Who never keep their promises to change. Who hurt you so much you feel like no one else would ever want you. Now, three adolsecents will have to learn to escape their deception.

Terrence, Tori, and Carla certainly have an understanding of broken relationships. Coming from multiple generations of dysfunctional families, they want nothing more than to do better for themselves. But generational curses aren't easy to break.

As these three friends go on a journey to look for love, absent fathers, and a sense of belonging, they will learn the power of found family and of finding value in who they are. Along the way, though, they'll encounter many forms of toxic relationships. There are Fakers-people who play mind games to get you to open up, and then use your trust as an opportunity to be in control. Then there are Breakers-those who break your heart over and over, promising to do better, but never delivering. And worst of all are Takers-the ones who hurt you so deeply that you feel you can never love or be loved again.

In this extraordinary story of learning to live life on your own terms, Serina Garland paints an incredible picture of how generational abuse cycles can be broken. With a heartfelt message, characters that feel like family, and a narrative that seamlessly blends warmth and drama, Fakers, Breakers, and Takers is a summer read for fans of romance, coming of age, and the lesson that to find joy, we have to love ourselves first.