Good Girl Complex (Avalon Bay, 1)

By Elle Kennedy

From the author of the series that inspired Amazon Prime's Off-Campus comes another bingeable series full of romance, hijinks and yearning.

Welcome to Avalon Bay!

She does everything right. So what could go wrong?

Mackenzie “Mac” Cabot is a people pleaser. Her demanding parents. Her prep school friends. Her long-time boyfriend. It’s exhausting, really, always following the rules. All she wants to do is focus on growing her internet business, but first she must get a college degree at her parents’ insistence. That means moving to the beachside town of Avalon Bay, a community made up of locals and the wealthy students of Garnet College.

Twenty-year-old Mac has had plenty of practice suppressing her wilder impulses, but when she meets local bad boy Cooper Hartley, that ability is suddenly tested. Cooper is rough around the edges. Raw. Candid. A threat to her ordered existence. Their friendship soon becomes the realest thing in her life.

Despite his disdain for the trust-fund kids he sees coming and going from his town, Cooper soon realizes Mac isn’t just another rich clone and falls for her. Hard. But as Mac finally starts feeling accepted by Cooper and his friends, the secret he’s been keeping from her threatens the only place she’s ever felt at home.

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Published Feb 1, 2022

368 pages

Average rating: 6.87

148 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

jasmin
Jul 03, 2026
10/10 stars
I devoured Good Girl Complex by Elle Kennedy in one sitting. I loved this story, the writing, and the characters—definitely a new favorite for me.

Cooper and Mac were perfect together, with explosive chemistry, banter that had me laughing throughout, and plenty of emotional moments that completely pulled me in. Their relationship felt both fun and heartfelt, and I couldn’t get enough of them.

Ava Erickson and Joe Arden also did an amazing job with the audiobook narration. They really brought the characters to life, making them feel raw, real, and easy to connect with.
Catherine Lanyon
Aug 22, 2024
8/10 stars
This book had a good romance, I hated her parents and her ex boyfriend b
Jenny
Jun 28, 2024
8/10 stars
I’ve read other reviews that said this is like After but I’ve never read that book or watched the movies so I didn’t have it to compare this book to. I overall enjoyed this book. What can I say, I like assholes who are soft for the fmc.
bear_back_books
Jun 19, 2024
8/10 stars
Oh my heart!! This is such a perfect read though.
emercedes16
Sep 01, 2023
6/10 stars
This was good but it was an average, cliché love story.

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