𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞. 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭; 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐦. 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧. 𝐇𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐠. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.... 𝐈𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

Highest Rank - #1 in Teen Fiction - 29/04/18 ~~ Annabella Stone lived in a normal house, in a normal town with a normal family. She was quite a shy girl yet she loved to cheerlead. She studied hard and spent time with her friends. She was normal. Or so that's what everyone thought. What they didn't know was that the Stone's were hiding a secret. A dark secret. A dangerous secret. Nobody knew. And nobody would ever know. At least, that's what she promised her parents. But things change when an arrogant, handsome bad boy waltzes into the picture. WARNING: this is a cliche book, if you don't like cliche books, this isn't for you. The covers will keep changing because I want to show off the amazing covers made by everybody! Some of my favorite comments: 13lackqueen - I like this story...simple yet beautiful. Yes, it is like other stories that had bad boys and a b*tchy queen bee and all but its something more. maariahh27 - I love this story...it is amazing and I'm sooo sad its over. _eesharh - I read this book offline then had to come back online to vote. I just had to. Thank you for writing this masterpiece. You're a really great writer :)

🏆 Watty Award Winner (2022) This updated edition includes revised chapters and new scenes. Trans guy Collin makes a bet with his coworker that he can land a date with the hot new barista across the street. It should be easy. Except the more time he spends with her, the more the bet starts to feel like the worst idea he's ever had. ### It's 2003 in Santa Cruz, and 21-year-old Collin thought transitioning would be the hard part. But now that he's on hormones and passing with ease, he's still stuck wondering who he is and where he belongs. It doesn't help that his girlfriend of six years just dumped him. So when his coworker challenges him to prove he's still got game, Collin agrees to a stupid bet: get a date with Heather, the cute new barista who just started working at the café across the street. With some unexpected help from his roommate Sam, getting close to her might be easier than Collin expected. But what starts as a harmless distraction quickly turns into something real. And when the truth behind the bet finally comes out, Collin will have to decide whether risking his heart again is worth it... or if he's about to lose the best thing that's happened to him since the breakup. A nostalgic beach-town rom-com about bets, baristas, and what happens when pretending turns into something real. ☕ Tropes: friends-to-lovers vibes, a very bad bet, coffee shop flirting, early-2000s nostalgia, and learning who you are while falling in love. NEW CHAPTERS EVERY TUESAY & FRIDAY