Theatre Kids - A.T Ben Saad || English Romance novel

"I know it's wrong. Wanting someone else-his brother, of all people.
But I can't help it. He feels like the connection I've been aching for my whole life."

Amelia is sixteen, with a soul made for the stage and a fire she can't quite tame.
School is hell for her - a place where creativity goes to die and no one really sees her. Sure, she has friends, but no real connection. It's like she's always performing, even offstage. The theater is her home. The stage is the only place where her mind finally goes quiet - where she doesn't have to think about her father, her boyfriend, school, or her past.
The theater is her now, and everyone else's once upon a time.

"What the hell is that girl doing to me?
I've been with plenty of girls-but this one, she sees me.
Every time I put on the mask, every time I puff up my ego, she cuts right through it.
It drives me crazy... and I love it."

Manuel is a misunderstood soul. Soft on the inside, armored on the outside.
The mask he's worn for so long has become part of him. Years of being overlooked in favor of his younger brother taught him to shrink in silence, to protect his heart with sarcasm and ego. He's distant. Confusing. Impossible to read. But on stage? That's where he shines. That's where he becomes someone his parents might finally look at - really look at.

But behind the curtain, something in him shifts.
Drawn to a soul he somehow already knows-
with a summer glow and curls
that dance through his mind like a memory.

Their eyes say everything their lips aren't allowed to.
Because onstage, they speak someone else's love.
But behind the scenes...
something real begins to echo between the lines.