"The Shoe Girl" tells the story of a teenage girl who was raised in different countries and exposed to different cultures in her childhood, creating her own, unique, "third" point of view as a TCK (Third Culture Kid). Visiting her home country, she faces cultural shocks, in her family, friendship, and the surroundings. Moreover, she has to overcome the challenges of helping the poor children in her neighborhood and unexpectedly meets a stranger who claims to know her from her past life.
Luke has been in love with his best friend, Taylor, for too long now and it's getting difficult to be around him. He knows it's time to move on and find someone who can make him happy, but he feels like that will never happen, not with the way Taylor has his heart...
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Being in love with your best friend is hard. Luke Peterson knows this better than anyone else, as he's agonized over his feelings for Taylor Schofield for the past five years. So when he meets the handsome and confident Will Carson who wants to help him get over Taylor, it seems like the perfect chance for him to move on. But can Luke truly give Will a chance? Or will his heart always belong to his best friend?
Content and trigger warning: This story contains descriptions of suicide and homophobia.
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Cover designed by Holly Thurston