When You Look Away
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Jace Larsen has always been the nerd of his class-smart, kind, and helpful to everyone. But behind his flawless image lies a quiet truth, he has fallen deeply for his friend James Archer Echeverria, the effortlessly charming and undeniably kind guy who seems to light up every room he enters.
Is love worth the risk of breaking everything?
Tender, emotional, and achingly real, When You Look Away is a story about unrequited love, the courage to move on, and the bittersweet beauty of realizing the one you've always wanted, was waiting for you all along.
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Thomas Carter spent his entire life trying to find someone with whom he could share special moments, like all his friends had done before. When the final year of high school finally arrives, Andrew Collins, a British guy who had recently moved to Canada, starts studying in the same school, and class, as our Thomas. They soon become good friends, and their relationship goes on to blossom into a stronger feeling. One day, however, Thomas meets another guy, who seems to be more interested in him than Andrew is. But are either of them really the right one for Thomas, or had love been living closer to him than he could have ever expected?
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