A Shy Flower
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Last published Mon, Aug 1, 2016
An unconventional love story - told in verse
Melanie is a southern girl in her senior year of high school. She thinks she has found the love of her life, Alec, until he, with much sadness, dumps her because his family won't pay for his college otherwise. Will he decide to defy his parents for true love? Or will Melanie's secret admirer show himself? Who will she choose?
Quote from the first chapter "we haven't talked in a week"
Alec and I,
We haven't talked in a week.
We've been an adventurous duo:
doing crazy things like
put bowling balls on random doorsteps in the middle of the night
and driving down to the lake at dawn.
We are perfect together.
We've been dating for only a month and
We are the teen romance novel perfection
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