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Sweet L.A. Life is a novel series created by actress Maryam Wells. The series began in 2010 it revolves around the lives of teenagers Megan and Ashley Bennett, identical twins who live in the middle class of Seattle, Washington, but moved to Los Angeles after their father gets a new job at a Los Angeles hospital. The books are generally classified as for teens & young adults. Some books may have profanity.

Plot
Megan and Ashley Bennett are identical twin sisters, living the life in the Seattle, Washington The twins are 15-years-old with with different personalities. Megan, is the younger twin, who dresses causal chic and is more smarter and sensible. Ashley, is the older twin, who's sassy, abrasive with a free-spirited attitude, who dresses more trendy and sophiscated. While counting the days until their best friend's sweet sixteen birthday bash, their father drops a bombshell. He gets a promotion that relocates the family to L.A. The twins take the news as a shock. They meet teens in the upper, middle, and lower classes of L.A. Megan and Ashley meets students at Bally High School, tomboy blond Sabrina Coles, overachiever, Christie Evans, her school paper editor boyfriend, Marvin Dilton, and most popular girl in school, Sonia Martinez. The twins developed a crush on hot surfer, Jack Wheeler. They used cellphone to talk to their friends instead of Facebook. The twins survive their high school years and adventures on the West Coast with it has beaches, palm trees, and an hot sun.

Main Characters

 * Megan Bennett: The Smart, intelligent Twin. She's the younger twin, born two minutes after Ashley. At the beginning of the book, all she wants is to be smart and the best at everything, but then, at the end of the book, realizes she can be smart, have friends, a social life, and be fashionable, too.
 * Ashley Bennett: The cool, fashionable social twin of the two. She initially desperately wants to be friends with Sonia Martinez, leading to Sara Manning trying to get her in trouble, but then realizes that what she really wants is some good friends who she can always depend on

Recurring characters

 * Steven & Tess Bennett: the twins' parents; Tess is level-headed, softspoken, and caring mother. She has great taste where the twins inheireted from. Steven is very uptight and converative than his wife.


 * Lina Bennett: the twins' little sister; She's the more brainiac sister in the family. She's is like her mother with long brown hair.


 * Jack Wheeler: The twins' crush; Jack is a champion surfer with killer good looks. He and Megan started dating in their second semester of their sophomore year at Bally.


 * Sabrina Coles: She is the tomboy of the series. Loves surfing, skateboarding, and is the most athletic beach blond in L.A. She leaves L.A. when her father has cancer and returns for graduation.
 * Sienna Hollins: The twins' best friend; She's also one of the richest girls in the world. Her family and twins' family are close friends. She has known the twins since their preschool days. Sienna moved to L.A. to live with her mother and hang out with the twins on a daily basis.


 * Marvin Dilton: Sabrina's best friend; He had a major crush on Jennifer before realizing he likes Christie. He is the editor-in-chief if The Odysessy.


 * Christie Evans: Marvin's girlfriend, Reporter of The Odysessy; She's an intelligent student, about as smart as Megan. Though a genius, she is also arrogant and nasty. She always makes fun of Megan for being stupid (although she is as smart as Jazmine) and for being the pretty girl.


 * Sonia Martinez: The most popular girl in school. Though she starts out sweet to Ashley, she eventually shows her true colors, an arrogant, hot-tempered girl who thinks she's better than everyone. She gets pregnant during the second semester of junior year at Bally. She did not appear in The Final Year


 * Nick Huntington, Ashley's first L.A. boyfriend, motorcycle champion. They broke up in A Crazy Homecoming.


 * Matt Edwards, Ashley's boyfriend who was her second serious boyfriend of the series. He is the star quarterback at Bally High's rival, Lancaster High School. He leaves L.A. after getting expelled from Lancaster for starting the school fight between Bally and Lancaster.


 * Paul Porter, Megan's boyfriend. He started out as Ashley's crush, but he was more interested in her twin, Megan. When Paul and Megan got together, her father was against the relationship, he forbidded Megan to see him, causing her to run away with him in Runaway Girl.

Volume 1 Books

 * New Life, New Adventures: Seattle twins, Megan and Ashley Bennett move to the Los Angeles.
 * Pageant Twins: Megan and Ashley compete in Bally High's annual beauty pageant.
 * Movie Mall Madness: The twins filmed their adventure at the mall for their film class.
 * The Candidate: Megan runs against Christie for Student Body President.
 * Girls Working Badly: Tess challenges her twins to plan a wedding.
 * Ashley The Brain: Ashley gets an "F" on her history grade.
 * He said, She said: A popular football player spreads rumors about his date with Ashley.
 * Hang Ten: Megan accidently kisses Jack while he's dating Amy Sawyer.
 * Summer's Here!: The twins head to Huntington Beach for the Bally High's Beach Party.

Volume 2 Books
Megan and Ashley's hair goes curly and their old friend form Seattle, Sienna Hollins moves to L.A.


 * Back To School: Megan becomes shy for her new history teacher.
 * At Last: Jack must choose between Megan and Amy.
 * Pom-Pom Divas: Sonia recruits new student, Tiana Park and Ashley to the cheerleading squad; Ashley competes with Tiana.
 * Cheerleader Vs. Cheerleader: When Sonia gets grounded, Tiana takes over the squad and messes with Ashley.
 * Secret Love: Ashley falls for a rebellious motorcross champion, but her father and Megan disapproves.
 * A Crazy Homecoming: Ashley and Sonia compete for the title of Homecoming Queen. Ashley and Nick broke up.
 * Labor Day: While figuring out their future careers, the twins' help their father deliver a baby. Ashley tries to get over Nick by becoming a shopoholic.

Volume 3 Books
Megan and Jack have broken up and he has left Bally. Cody Parker is the new character in the series. Megan and Ashley have different hairstyles. Megan's hair is straight and Ashley's hair is curly.


 * Double Trouble: Ashley tries to set up the newly single Megan with a cute guy.
 * Game On: Cody tries to ask Megan out; Ashley is upset.
 * Bad Boy in Town: New rebel, Paul Porter moves to L.A. and causes a stir at Bally.
 * A Kiss is just a kiss: Ashley thinks Paul is her dream guy; but he's more interested in Megan.
 * Jealous Twin: Cody and Paul fight after he learns that Paul kissed Megan; Ashley uses Cody to make Paul jealous.
 * Runaway Girl: Megan runs away with Paul after her father forbids her to see him; Ashley tries to talk to Cody after he finds out about her scheme.
 * The Dating Zone: Megan and Paul end up in the same restaurant as Cody and Sienna; Ashley and her father deals with Megan's new relationship with Paul.
 * School Wars Part Une: the fighting between Bally High and Lancaster High becomes brutal when the two schools have a football game.
 * School Wars Part Deux: The Bally High football team battles the rival team in a scheduled school fight; People are against Ashley when she dates Matt Edwards, the star quarterback at Lancaster High.
 * Coma: Paul ends up in a coma following a motorcycle accident and an argument with Megan.

Paris Summer Vacation


 * Pair of American Twins: Megan and Ashley meet two pairs of British twins: Melanie and Sophie (Their housemates) and Justin and Bradley (Cute Boy Twins).
 * Is it Over?: Megan, still engaged to Paul, becomes more attractive to Justin and kisses him.
 * Our Last Night: Megan must choose between Paul and Justin; Ashley gives Melanie and Sophie makeovers.

Special Editions


 * Earthquake: A school dance turned scary when an earthquake hit L.A.; Megan, Marvin, Christie, and Sabrina try to escape an destroyed library; Paul and Ashley share a kiss in a destroyed textbook room; An teacher, Ashley loves to hate, dies in the Earthquake.


 * Christmas Edition: Megan lands in a paralell dimention where she isn't a twin.


 * Halloween Special: Megan and Ashley dream they are in a movie called "Twins of Evil" As Maria (Megan) and Frieda (Ashley).

Sweet L.A. Life: The Final Year
The twins start their senior year at Bally High. Sonia Martinez has left Bally High due to giving birth and has now transfered to a school for teen-parenting. Megan Bennett, who broke up with Paul in Our Last Night, starts senior year off by dating a new student, Ethan Ford, a rising basketball star and Ashley falls for Ethan best friend, Sean Cameron. In the series, the original characters return for their last year of high school, along with new student, bubbly Chelsea Ownes and Lancaster cheerleader, Rachel Scott.


 * Senior Year: As the twins start senior year, they met new friends, and fall for two cute guys.


 * First Date: Megan goes on her first date with Ethan since her split with Paul.


 * Secrets Exposed: At the annual slumber party, Ashley accidently reveals kissing Megan's ex, Paul, causing a rift with the twins.


 * Sexual Harrassment: Megan's new boss at Java The Hutt, tries to make a move on her, harrassing her; Megan patches things up with Ashley.


 * May The Best Bitch Win: Ashley and Rachel compete in a modeling contest.


 * Fashion World: Ashley has a hard time choosing between fashion and cheerleading.


 * TB or not TB: The threat of Tuberculiosis sends the twins into panic.


 * Cheer Prank Wars: Bally and Lancaster cheerleaders start a prank war. Ashley's feud with Rachel intensifies.


 * Teacher's Pets: All the Bally High girls developes a crush on their history teacher.


 * Final Hell: The twins come down with a bad cold during Finals Week.


 * Senior Picture Day: Jennifer developes an allegric reaction on her face before senior picture day. Megan comes to school with a terrible outfit.


 * Senior Week: As Bally High underclassmen prepares for the CST, the seniors, including the twins have a senior week party.


 * College Road Trip: The twins and their friends go on a road trip to the colleges of their choice.


 * Senior Ditch Day: The twins plan to go to the beach to celebrate Christie's 18th birthday, but when Ashley suspecets that Sean is two-timing her, she convinces Megan to switch places to find out what he's up to.


 * Senior Prank: A Senior Prank nearly gets the twins in trouble with Mrs. Sherwood.


 * Party at the Santa Monica Pier: The senior class takes a senior class trip to Santa Monica Pier; Ashley feels inferior to Megan after Dr. Bennett says she isn't college material unlike her sister.


 * Magical Prom Night: After learning they're going to part ways, Megan and Ethan break up at their senior prom; Ashley applies to fashion college.


 * Graduation: Ashley and Sean break up just before graduation; Sabrina Coles returns for graduation; The twins and the graduates go to Disneyland for Grad Nite.

New Characters


 * Ethan Ford

Ethan was one of many Lancaster High student who transferred to Bally. He first met Megan when they volunteered to fix Maxi Burger due to the earthquake. Then he and Megan started dating. until they broke up in Magical Prom Night.


 * Sean Cameron

Sean is Ashley's new boyfriend for the final year. He's good looking, and attractive. He first catches Ashley's eye in the first book, Senior year. They break up in the last book, Graduation.


 * Chelsea Owens

Chelsea is the new bubbly and dimwited new girl at Bally, she's a new cheerleader on the Bally cheerleading squad, replacing Sonia Martinez


 * Rachel Scott

Rachel is Sean's ex-girlfriend. She hated Ashley for hooking up with Sean. She's still a student at Lancaster High, but the two clashed for Sean.

Sweet L.A. Life: The College Years
The third spinoff of the series is part of the Sweet L.A. Life young adult book series created by Actress/Author Maryam Wells. The series featured twins Megan and Ashley Bennett starting college and their internship at a teen fashion magazine run by the paternal aunt. Megan's new job at Teen Flair was to answer teen and fashion advise. Unlike any of the other spin-offs, The College Years covered two years of the twins' lives, their freshman and sophomore years.

"Freshman Year"


 * Welcome to College: Megan and Ashley start their first year of college.

"Sophomore Year"

Twin Diaries
This series occurs when the twins start their last year of middle school in their original home Manhattan. Jennifer and Jessica get rezoned to a new Middle School, Preston Middle School after their old school, Lincoln Middle School gets burned down. Jessica is more popular than Jennifer. She makes two best friends called Tiffani & Francine. Dori Wallace, the mean girl, with a 4.0 GPA, who hates Jennifer for kissing Max her ex-boyfriend and calls her Lose-low. Jennifer joins the cheerleading team while dealing with her childhood best friend Sienna Hollins being away at boarding school. Also, each of the twins take turns telling the story about their last year of middle school. There are a total of 16 books in the series.

Sweet L.A. Life: 101 Series

 * Fashion 101: In this style guide and fashion lookbook,


 * Beauty 101:

Sweet L.A. Life Diaries
The twins' personal diaries talk about their adventures, love lives, and other stuff after moving to L.A.


 * Megan's Diary: Megan reminises about the move to L.A. her past dates, her crush, Jack Wheeler, and her battle over joining The Odysessy.


 * Ashley's Diary: Ashley recalls moving to L.A., past dates, and her battle over joining the cheerleading squad.


 * Megan's Diary Volume 2: Megan reveals about her fling with new bad boy to Bally High, Paul Porter and their relationship from the Pegan saga to the last episode of Paris Summer Vacation where they broke up.


 * Ashley's Diary Volume 2: Ashley talks about her junior year, along with her rivalry with Tiana Park, her using Cody Parker to get Paul jealous, falling for football player, Matt Edwards from a rival school and the School Wars, leading to the Earthquake, and her kissing her sister's boyfriend, and her summer vacation in France.


 * Megan's Diary Volume 3: Megan deals with her break up with Paul Porter, new relationship with Ethan Ford, giving Ashley the silent treatment after finding out that Ashley and Paul Porter kissed in the earthquake, and senior year at Bally High.


 * Ashley's Diary Volume 3: Ashley talks about her senior year, dealing with the earthquake that killed her evil teacher, getting the silent treatment from Megan after she finds out about her kissing Paul Porter, and her last year of high school.

Sweet L.A. Life: Earthquake
A simple school dance at Bally High turns scary when an earthquake hits L.A. While Tess, Steven, and Lina are trapped in their home, things go worse when Megan, Sabrina, Marvin, and Christie are trapped in the damaged school library. A big tile from the ceiling falls and injures Christie's right leg and she is knocked out cold. Ashley and Paul are in peril when she twists her ankle while trying to seek shelter from the storm. Steven and Tess searches for their teenage twin daughters.

Christmas Editions

 * Twin Diaries: Christmas Deja Vu: Ashley has to repeat Christmas everyday when she became more selfish.


 * Christmas Special: The twins celebrate their first Christmas in L.A. while performing in the Christmas Pageant.


 * Holiday Special: Christmas in Hell: Shopping Mall thieves take Lola's employees, including Megan, hostage.

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Meet The Author
Maryam Wells is a model and actress. She started her career Modeling for JC Penney, Macy's, Ann Taylor, and other brands. Following modeling and acting in commercials and Television, Wells writes Teen and young adult books, Sweet L.A. Life and Rich Girl, also launched to fashion lines, Dazzle and Sweetmary, and she opened three stores, first, Dazzle, the second, Sweetmary, and third, Cupcake store. She create a Sweet L.A. Life brand from her book series. Maryam has created a new book series about only a teenage girl in Being Liz about Liz Chapman, a teenage girl with a bunch of friends and her life as a California.

Category:American young adult novels Category:Twins in novels Category:Fictional twins