The internet is a wonderful thing. Thanks to it, Chad can email Amara, his English friend, and she can email him. She's been the cause of many a sleepless night, in different ways, from talking to her to thinking about her. He has video chatted her and texted her, but all he can think about is meeting her in person. They've talked to each other since he was twelve and she was fourteen, for four years now, and have never met in person. They talk about it, but it's only in one spontaneous moment that Chad decides to fly to Devon to meet her in person, and surprise her. He texts her as his plane is coming in, and she rushes to meet him. In yet another spontaneous moment they share a kiss, and Chad feels something more that friendship. He stays with her and his feelings grow. He decides to tell her, and she isn't sure what to say. Then her old friend Red comes back into the picture, and Amara doesn't known who to choose.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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