She was a realist.
He was a hopeless romantic.
Meet Astrid Van Allen. She's quiet, shy, a total book nerd and the type of person who could never stay mad at you for more than an hour. She lives and breathes books and she practically spends most of her free time inside the library. Hey, if Kadie from "Mean Girls" could have the bathroom, she could have the library.
Now, let me introduce Daniel Thorn. He's smart, he's wanted by many, and he owns a leather jacket. People would say he was your typical "bad boy" but, no. He never gets sent to the detention room, never smoked a cigarette in his life (wasn't planning to) and has never touched a beer bottle in his entire existence.
Join these two, as fate plays a little trick on them involving a poorly named band, sibling rivalries, a lemon scented pastry shop, spontaneous late night drives, random book references and the stress of a high school love life... and how to keep them.
One road trip. That was all that it took to tear Zaavan Fleetwood and Vance Dallas's lives apart. It wasn't fair - walls are always built for a reason. The two smoking hot, incredibly athletic rivals were two of the most popular boys at school. If anybody got word of the dark and dirty secrets they were hiding, their lives would be over. But since when was life ever fair? Already on the path to destruction, a newfound battle with sexuality could be the final blow needed to destroy them. That is, if their secrets don't get them first. Because that's the thing with secrets - they tend to get out.
***TRIGGER WARNING! THIS BOOK CONTAINS CERTAIN THEMES ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESSES AND ABUSE THAT MAY BE TRIGGERING OR EXTREMELY UPSETTING.***
Started: April 2018
Completed: May 2019
Edited and re-published: August 2019