❝Don't let anyone bring you down.❞ Fifteen-year-old Bloom Landry loves music, but she's been unable to show what she's got since a falling-out with an ex-best friend years ago. However, due to an unexpected circumstance, she's forced to take part in a songwriting competition that will test her courage to overcome her fears and start anew, like a flower in spring. [originally titled as Spring Beauty] Book cover illustration by raindrops_

Nerdy Dakota Evans makes the biggest mistake of her life by falling in love with her best friend, Aaron Ford. Despite coming from entirely different cliques in school, will their relationship have a chance? *** In a high school where everyone belongs to cliques, nerdy and boyish Dakota Evans' friendship with basketball jock, Aaron Ford, becomes a big issue. Aaron's highly protective of Dakota and doesn't realize that she's in love with him. With their friendship eventually going on the rocks, will Aaron finally realize his true feelings for Dakota before it's too late? [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]]