The rivalry between Palisades High and Sweet Valley High has escalated into a full-fledged war - with Jessica Wakefield caught in the middle. She's fallen in love with Christian Gorman, the ringleader of the deadly Palisades gang. And when Jessica's boyfriend, Ken Matthews, finds out, he might do something he'll regret for a lifetime.
After a school dance turns violent, Elizabeth Wakefield watches powerlessly as her steady boyfriend, Todd Wilkins, is hauled off to jail. What will he do when he discovers she's the one who called the police?

The second kiss was even more passionate that the first. Jessica felt herself being transported. As long as this kiss lasts, Christian and I really are the only two people in the world, she thought.
She was swept away by the delarious pleasure of the moment, but not so completely that she didn't notice movement out of the corner of her eye. Someone had entered the foyer of the resturant. The host, or a waiter, Jessica thought distractedly, too happy to be embarrassed. Oh, well. Nothing this good could last forever.
With a delicious, regretful sigh, she opened her eyes a little wider, looking past Christian's shoulder. Then she focused on the figure standing in the doorway, and her heart stopped beating.
A rangy, broad-shouldered blond guy in khakis and a blue polo shirt stood just inside the entrance to the cafe, an expression of mingled shock, hurt, and anger contorting his handsome face.
Jessica's heart started up again, but now it was hammering with guilt and horror. She tore herself from Christian's embrace.
"Ken!" she cried.

When the smoke clears will the twins ever be forgiven? A Kiss Brfore Dying