Kelsey Bentley knows she's a pessimist, and doesn't care. She's sarcastic, negative, and puts up an I-don't-care wall whenever she's in an unfamiliar situation. She doesn't mind that people tend to stray away from her hard exterior, or that she's slowly falling apart inside. All she wants is to be left alone to weave stories publishers tell her are "not going to be appealing to the public." She doesn't care, because writing, and her cat, Jefferson, are all she needs. At least, that's what she thinks.
Until James Penny saunters into her life one evening at the local bar Kelsey snuck into. Charming, witty, famous, extroverted and-shudder- forever an optimist, he's the last person Kelsey expects to fall into a fairytale with. Not to mention he's published several books worshipped by teen boys and girls everywhere, all of which Kelsey despises. She swears she'll have nothing to do with him, but has no idea that her story has just begun.
And it all starts once upon a...
No.
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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