Gouveia Stories

When Yasmin Gouveia, seventeen and effortlessly magnetic, moves from London to Brazil with her family, she doesn't expect to become the girl everyone notices. With her sharp British accent, bold fashion, and a mouth that's just as fast as her rise in popularity, Yasmin quickly becomes a fixture in the social scene at her new school. But beneath the cool-girl confidence is a girl learning how to exist between two worlds-and trying not to lose herself in the process. Living next door is Nick-Brazilian-British like her, but more rooted. He's confident, popular, and undeniably attractive. Everyone knows who he is. Everyone wants to be around him. And at first, Yasmin refuses to be one of them. He's charming, a little cocky, and totally unaffected by her attitude-which makes her hate him. Or maybe it makes her notice him more than she should. Their bedrooms face the same street. Their friends start to overlap. And what starts as rivalry slowly melts into something quieter... hotter... harder to ignore. At home, things look perfect-Kaya and Marco Gouveia are still together, still in love, still everything Yasmin's friends can't believe is real. But behind Kaya's elegance and Marco's protective energy, there's a pressure Yasmin can't explain. A need to live up to something. A fear of messing it all up. Her older sister, Liv Gouveia, 21, sees it. She always does. Liv is quiet, observant, and sharp enough to cut through any lie. While Yasmin chases the highs, Liv watches from the edge-tired of being the one who always keeps things together. This is a story about falling in love with the person who sees right through you, sisters who love differently, and parents who love fiercely. It's about the messy, beautiful way people collide-and how sometimes, the people closest to us are the ones who shake us the most.