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Breaking Up Backwards

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Reads 6,782
Votes 591
Parts 9
Time 1h 22m

Josie McCall and Timothy Matthews were in love. Until, they weren't.

It's been two years since their breakup, and Tim is a dedicated university student. He's been buried in books and homework since that dreaded day, and he's had little time to focus on his romantic life. With graduation just around the corner, he's worried about his future and what it will hold - or possibly, who. 

Josie is a diehard romantic. Her whole life she's pined for "The One". The one who will make everything okay, the one who can take her flaws and find the beauty in them. And now that she's engaged to Nathan, she's found it - or so, she tells herself. 

One day, Tim and Josie find themselves reconnecting, and as much as they don't want them to, old feelings resurface. 

Told from different times of their lives together, Tim and Josie's journey in and out of love is left with one question:

When it feels like first love stays with you forever, was their breakup a mistake?


AWARDs
• 1st in Romance | The Eonia Awards
• 2nd in Teen Fiction | Coffee After Dark 
• 2nd in Romance | Grande Awards
• 2nd in Teen Fiction | Quotidian Love Awards
• 2nd in Teen Fiction | The Moonshine Awards
• 3rd in Young Adult | The Aspirants Award

• Best Title | The Moonshine Awards

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