𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 • • • 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍

In the late nineties asexuality is all but ignored as an orientation. Jess doesn't understand her complex array of emotions or why she finds it so hard to relate to her fellow classmates. Catholic high schools and churches simply don't address the issue, and the internet is still nascent. Jess can't tell anyone the truth. Not even her best friend Care. Instead, she hides behind the guise of faith. Behind a mask of celibacy. Until she meets Eric, that is. He lets slip that he's asexual, and Jess wants to learn more. --- Watty Winner 2021 for best cover, best YA, and the Wattpad Books prize! --- Status: completed and unedited Rating: PG-15 for moderate language and frank discussions about sexuality Genre: teen fiction romance featuring two heteroromantic ace characters --- Cover designed using Canva Pro August 2020 --- Please note: This work is a teen fiction novelization of my multimedia novella "Mask of Celibacy".

𝐌𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮

The story continues . . .

How hard is it to be friends with your next door neighbor Adam? Will add warnings when needed for chapters. Cover by: @rensbitch

A young girl, Jessica or Jess for short, is struggling with bullies and mean people. She has 2 amazing friends and an awesome babysitter. But things change so quickly and life becomes really hard.

" Yeah, anything 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘠𝘰𝘶, Jahkeem. "

-𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝗲 𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘅 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁. 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘅 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗲. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗵𝗼'𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝗵𝗲𝗿?