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  • Crush by Svetlana Chmakova

    Crush by Svetlana Chmakova

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Following the overwhelming success of AWKWARD and BRAVE, Svetlana Chmakova's award winning Berrybrook Middle School series continues with its next installment - CRUSH!Jorge seems to have it all together. He's big enough that nobody really messes with him, but he's also a genuinely sweet guy with a solid, reliable group of friends...
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    sports  young adult  contemporary  humor
  • Forgotten Rules: A Brother's Best Friend Romance by Eliah Greenwood

    Forgotten Rules: A Brother's Best Friend Romance by Eliah Greenwood

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rule #1: Don’t fall for your brother’s best friend.Rule #2: Wait… What was rule number one again?The summer I grew boobs, my big brother laid down some ground rules. No touching, looking, or breathing near his baby sister. He made it clear I could never get with his friends. His buddies obliged. I did, too. Until I didn’t...
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    sports  new adult  humor  young adult
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  • The Relationship Pact (Kings of Football) by Adriana Locke

    The Relationship Pact (Kings of Football) by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    How hard can it be?That was the question rolling around Larissa Mason’s mind just before she asked Hollis Hudson to be her fake boyfriend.It was only supposed to be for five minutes, after all.Granted, that was also before she felt his hand on the small of her back as he charmed the heck out of her family.She hadn’t heard his laugh yet either...
  • Just For The Summer by Danielle Jamie

    Just For The Summer by Danielle Jamie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bestselling Author of the Savannah Series brings you a fun summer romance novella showing the ups and downs of a hot summer romance. It's the perfect beach or pool side read! Ages 18+ due to Adult Content & Language. This novella is a prequel to the Chasing Carolina series out next year but can be read as standalone. **BLURB** Chase Kenzington loves two things: fast cars and women...
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    athletes  humor  young adult  contemporary
  • Whoa: A Westbrook Elite Standalone by Cambria Hebert

    Whoa: A Westbrook Elite Standalone by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Most people think I’m a moron. In actuality, I’m a man with a plan.It’s one of those three-year plans that takes longer than three years.Still, I’ve been making it happen. Checking off those to-dos and turning them into to-dones.Everything is almost lined up.And then my phone rings.By the time I get to Jess, she’s unconscious and bleeding.My carefully crafted plan blows up in my face...
  • Running Home to You by Suzanne Sweeney

    Running Home to You by Suzanne Sweeney

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B00IFR0XP2 Juliette Fletcher thought she had it all – a strikingly handsome man who adores her, a new business venture with her best friends by her side, and a dream house right on the beach. But appearances can be deceiving and everything comes at a cost...
  • Steel Temptation by London Casey, Karolyn James

    Steel Temptation by London Casey, Karolyn James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She was told to get close to them. But now she's in way over her head. Broke and desperate, Mia has no choice but to spy on the MC for her uncle. But when the MC realizes they've got their now most hated enemy's niece in their hands, nothing can save her.... Except one man. Nate has sworn off women altogether...and this girl's the niece of the man who'd set him up and left him for dead...
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    athletes  humor  military  young adult
  • Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 5 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 5 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    DRAG RACEIt's the final day of the Osaka High School Festival, and two big competitions are still up in the air: the relay race and the cross-dressing pageant! You'd think Mizuki, an actual XX-chromosome girl disguised as a boy at an all-guy high school, would be a better cross-dresser than her classmates, but things are never so easy--and what if winning the contest blows her cover? That might...
  • Fence #12 by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad

    Fence #12 by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Tryouts are coming to a close, and the three available spots on the Kings Row fencing team are almost all locked up. It’s just a question of whether or not Nicholas can push through and earn a spot for himself—or if he’ll have to leave Kings Row altogether...
  • Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 8 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 8 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    MALE MODELSTired of Sano and Mizuki taking their relationship so slow, Julia confronts Sano to get him moving faster. But Sano has more things to worry about...his younger brother, Shin, has run away from home! Then, when a photo of Minami, Nakatsu and Sano appears in a girls' fashion magazine, the men of Hana-Kimi find themselves stalked..
  • Stepbrother With Benefits 9 by Mia Clark

    Stepbrother With Benefits 9 by Mia Clark

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    I just had to try and be a bad girl, didn't I? I blame Ethan. This is all his fault. Rule #9 – We were never supposed to get this far. It was only supposed to be for a week. I don't even know what we're supposed to do now. I've never done this before. "You ready for the ride of your life, Princess?" I ask her. "You think you're that good, do you, Ethan?" Ashley counters...
  • Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 7 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 7 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    AMERICAN GIRLJulia is Mizuki's girlfriend?! As the shocking lie tears Osaka High School apart, Mizuki's classmates make their moves on the blonde, blue-eyed transfer student. Then the whole class leaves on a school trip to Hokkaido, complete with an overnight stay at the hot springs! With their "chaperone" Dr...
  • Curvy Girls Can't Dance by Kelsie Stelting

    Curvy Girls Can't Dance by Kelsie Stelting

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The strongest bodybuilder in Emerson isn’t a match for my focus.Emerson Dance is one of the most prestigious dance companies in the country. And I got kicked off the team right before nationals because my curves don’t “fit.” Not their idea of a perfect dancer's body and definitely not their costume.I’m going to enter the competition on my own and show them that every body is a dancer’s body...
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    sports  contemporary  young adult  new adult  humor
  • Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 3 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 3 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    MEN AT WORKIzumi, his friend Nakatsu and our crossdressing heroine Mizuki are hired to work at a beach chalet run by the family of weird school nurse Dr...
  • I'll Be Yours by Jenny B. Jones

    I'll Be Yours by Jenny B. Jones

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    She's the coach's brilliant daughter, clueless about love.He's the dethroned football star, ready to teach Romance 101.When dark secrets and sparks collide, there's no playbook for what happens next. If life were a nerd parade, sixteen-year-old Harper O'Malley would be its grand marshal...
  • Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 2 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 2 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    PERSONAL BESTHigh jump champion Izumi Sano has realized that his slender new roommate Mizuki is a girl, but he's decided to keep her secret so she doesn't get kicked out of their all-boys' high school...
  • The Aubrey Rules by Aven Ellis

    The Aubrey Rules by Aven Ellis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some of the Aubrey Rules to Live By: *If I’m going to indulge in French fries, I must add extra time to the treadmill the next day. *Always keep your work and private life separate. *Being open to new experiences will never involve eating kale. *Never, ever date a professional athlete. For Chicago social media professional Aubrey Paige, the rules are everything...
  • The Dugout by Meghan Quinn

    The Dugout by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 45 ratings
    Let me ask you a question: If someone is vying for your spot on a team and just so happens to injure you during practice, would you believe it was on purpose? Word around campus is . . . it was no accident. That injury has cost me everything; my starting position, my junior year—and the draft...
  • Chihayafuru, Vol. 1 by Yuki Suetsugu, 末次由紀

    Chihayafuru, Vol. 1 by Yuki Suetsugu, 末次由紀

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Chihaya is a girl in the sixth grade, still not old enough to even know the meaning of the word zeal. But one day, she meets Arata, a transfer student from rural Fukui prefecture. Though docile and quiet, he has an unexpected skill: his ability to play competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game...
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    sports  young adult  contemporary  humor  east-asia  japan  asia
  • High School Debut, Vol. 02 by Kazune Kawahara

    High School Debut, Vol. 02 by Kazune Kawahara

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Hopeless Haruna needs help finding a boyfriend! After failing to win the eye of any guy in high school, Haruna enlists the help of cute upperclassman Yoh to coach her on how to make herself more appealing to the male species. Yoh agrees, with one catch: Haruna had better not fall for him!Haruna begins to develop feelings for Fumiya, Yoh's friend...
  • Finally, Forever by Katie Kacvinsky

    Finally, Forever by Katie Kacvinsky

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Author's Note: Can be read as book three of the First Comes Love series , or as a standalone . College baseball player, Gray Thomas, had to go far out into left field to find a girl like Dylan, the ex-love-of-his-life. More than a year later, literally at a crossroads, they find each other together on a journey that is a pause between a painful past and an uncertain future...
  • Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa

    Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A young adult graphic novel about high school wallflower Belle Hawkins, who ends up in a love triangle after tutoring the girlfriend of her crush.High-school senior and notorious wallflower Hawkins finally works up the courage to remove her mascot mask and ask out her longtime crush: Regina Moreno, head cheerleader, academic overachiever, and all-around popular girl...
  • Rebels Don’t Fall for Tomboys by Emma Dalton

    Rebels Don’t Fall for Tomboys by Emma Dalton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Every tomboy deserves to score the guy of her dreams.Bailey:I’m the Tomboy. I’ve dreamed of playing quarterback since I was a kid. No one on the football team wants me around, though, and I need to prove to them that I belong.Zane Hastings is the only guy who welcomes me. But when he plays me like a fool, I don’t want anything to do with him...
  • Revenge Kisses by Addison Moore

    Revenge Kisses by Addison Moore

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    *A SEXY romantic comedy from the New York Times bestselling author Addison Moore * ***All 3:AM KISSES books can be read as sexy STANDALONES *** Nothing feels better than REVENGE. Don’t get mad. Get even. When Knox and I catch our respective plus ones making out, all hell breaks loose. So we do the only thing we can—date one another to drive our exes to the brink...
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    sports  young adult  humor  new adult  contemporary
  • Welcome to the Ballroom, Vol. 5 by Tomo Takeuchi

    Welcome to the Ballroom, Vol. 5 by Tomo Takeuchi

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    LIFE GOES ON Tatara Fujita tries to return to normal life, but the excitement and energy of the Tenpei Cup still lingers in his mind. Now that he knows he wants to be a great dancer, he has a new problem—figuring out how...
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    sports  young adult  contemporary  humor
  • Stepbrother With Benefits 13 by Mia Clark

    Stepbrother With Benefits 13 by Mia Clark

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her rules are the only ones I've never been tempted to break. Rule #13 – All the rules apply to both of us evenly. We're in this together, no matter what. She's just so... Ugh, I can't even explain it. Perfect? I feel like that word isn't good enough. What's better than perfect? I have no idea. It's funny. I always used to think it'd be hard to tell a girl I loved her...
  • Stepbrother With Benefits 14 by Mia Clark

    Stepbrother With Benefits 14 by Mia Clark

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's not just for a week, it wasn't just a fling. Ethan's not just my stepbrother anymore, he's my boyfriend... Rule #14 – You're perfect just the way you are, Princess. Don't let anyone ever try to tell you differently. That's it for an entire week. We're going back to college now. We won't see each other until the weekend. It's only for a week, Ashley, I remind myself...
  • Stepbrother With Benefits 15 by Mia Clark

    Stepbrother With Benefits 15 by Mia Clark

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "It's you, Princess," Ethan says. "You're perfect, and I need you in my life." Rule #15 – We have to cuddle as much as possible. All the time. Every night. "I love you," I say, mumbling, not sure how to tell him exactly how I feel about him right now. "I love you, too," he says. "I love you so much." "Can you tell me what you meant before?" I ask...
  • Undecided by Julianna Keyes

    Undecided by Julianna Keyes

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Nora Kincaid has one goal for her second year of college: be invisible. Last year’s all-party-no-study strategy resulted in three failed classes and two criminal charges, and if she messes up again she’ll lose her scholarship. But there’s one problem with her plan for invisibility, and his name is Crosbie Lucas: infamous party king, general hellraiser…and her new roommate’s best friend...
  • Fence, Vol. 2 by C.S. Pacat

    Fence, Vol. 2 by C.S. Pacat

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 29 ratings
    Combines Issues #5-8.Nicholas Cox is determined to prove himself in the world of competitive fencing, and earn his place on the Kings Row fencing team, alongside sullen fencing prodigy, Seiji Katayama, to win the right to go up against his golden-boy half-brother...
  • The King of Black Diamonds: An Enemies to Lovers High School Sports Romance by Nicole S. Goodin

    The King of Black Diamonds: An Enemies to Lovers High School Sports Romance by Nicole S. Goodin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    New country, new town, new school... all in my final year of high school. Just what every teenage girl dreams of.I didn't come here with the intention to stir up trouble, but sometimes a fire needs a little friction to really ignite.That's exactly what happens when I cross paths with him.Cullen Carrington...
  • The Lover's Promise by J.C. Reed

    The Lover's Promise by J.C. Reed

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Meeting Jett was like lighting a match. Dangerous. Scorching. And better left untouched. In his game, some secrets can be deadly. Brooke Stewart, a realtor in New York, is sure of one thing. She has to stay away from the one man who betrayed her. He fooled her once, and she won’t let it happen again...
  • Unspoken Rules by Eliah Greenwood

    Unspoken Rules by Eliah Greenwood

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "I lost the fight. I lost her. But I don't care about my promise. I'm chasing that girl... again." Haze Adams and Winter Kingston were supposed to be a done deal. A onetime thing. The notorious street fighter had one goal and one goal only: make the girl fall in love, break her heart to hurt his enemies, and move on to the next best thing. Easy, right? Wrong...
  • Winger by Andrew Smith

    Winger by Andrew Smith

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids in the Pacific Northwest. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy...
  • The Cell Phone Swap by DoNotMicrowave

    The Cell Phone Swap by DoNotMicrowave

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Keeley accidentally swaps cell phones with a rivaling high school’s star quarterback. Unable to switch back until a week later, she must interact with the arrogant boy, passing along texts and voicemails. As she gets to know him better, she realizes there’s more to him than sexual innuendos and egotistical comments...
  • Catching the Captain by Jacob Chance

    Catching the Captain by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Kaiden Hart, the captain of the Charleston Coyotes hockey team, comes to my aid in an emergency, it’s the first time I’ve seen him since I was a young girl.And boy, have the years been kind to him.When he invites me out to dinner, accepting seems like the polite thing to do.At least that’s what I tell myself...
  • Off the Record by Karolyn James

    Off the Record by Karolyn James

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Coming off the first leg of a major tour, Ryan Rasoner plans to finish Gone by Autumn's new song, take a shot of whiskey, and then invite a woman over for a no-strings-attached one night stand. In that order. After he bumps into a beautiful woman at a local club the band is playing at, Ryan assumes everything he wants is about to come true...
  • Ringside by Tracey Ward

    Ringside by Tracey Ward

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kellen and Jenna have been friends for years. A boxer with a shattered past and an artist with a wealthy family, they found each other against all odds. Ever in each other's corner, they grew up together, watched relationships rise and crumble, and the only one that's always left standing is their own...
  • Rodeo by Tess Oliver

    Rodeo by Tess Oliver

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    **SPECIAL EDITION! Contains full BONUS NOVEL Private North. 2 Books for 1 Low Price** Fearless. Protective. Tough. Sexy. "We hadn't seen each other in years, but it felt as if we'd never parted." Book 2 of Tess Oliver's bestselling FMX Bros series . The series that's being called "fantastic", "refreshing" and "fun"...
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    athletes  sports  humor  young adult  poor heroine
  • Island Kisses: A Billionaire Love Story by Krista Lakes

    Island Kisses: A Billionaire Love Story by Krista Lakes

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After hundreds of catastrophic dates, she never expected to find love. Harper Thomas loves bad dates. She goes on hundreds of them a year, and then blogs about them online to make her living. When her sister signs her up for a new dating service, Harper's not expecting to find anything other more than ridiculous men. She certainly isn't planning to meet him ..
  • Break the Fall by Jennifer Iacopelli

    Break the Fall by Jennifer Iacopelli

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Audrey Lee is going to the Olympics.A year ago, she could barely do a push up as she recovered from a spine surgery, one that could have paralyzed her. And now? She's made the United States' gymnastics team with her best friend, Emma, just like they both dreamed about since they were kids. She's on top of the world...
  • Running Back to You by Suzanne Sweeney

    Running Back to You by Suzanne Sweeney

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Alternate Cover Edition for B00I91EQCA Juliette Fletcher is a girl with a plan. Not one to sit back and wait for life to happen, she moves back home after graduation and begins to carve out a life for herself. Evan McGuire is desperate for a fresh start. His career in the NFL depends on it. Years of partying and carefree living have caught up with him...
  • Welcome to the Ballroom, Vol. 1 by Tomo Takeuchi

    Welcome to the Ballroom, Vol. 1 by Tomo Takeuchi

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Feckless high school student Tatara Fujita wants to be good at something - anything. Unfortunately, he's about as average as a slouchy teen can be. The local bullies know this, and make it a habit to hit him up for cash, but all that changes when the debonair Kaname Sengoku sends them packing. Sengoku's not the neighborhood watch, though. He's a professional ballroom dancer...
    Categorized as:
    sports  young adult  contemporary  humor
  • I Wanna Text You Up by Teagan Hunter

    I Wanna Text You Up by Teagan Hunter

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE HIT ROMCOM LET'S GET TEXTUAL, COMES AN ALL-NEW STANDALONE ROMCOM... When I put up a ROOMMATE WANTED poster, he was the last person on earth I thought would respond. He was also the last person on earth I’d agree to let live with me…on purpose. But, here we are—roommates. I’m certain we can coexist without it being awkward, and I’m determined to make it work...
  • Tomboys Don't Crush on the Captain by Christina Benjamin

    Tomboys Don't Crush on the Captain by Christina Benjamin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is like water. Sink or swim.Tomboy Nicole Fraser is used to crushing her competition. Crushing on them? That’s a different story. Her passion has always been soccer, but when she gets roped into joining her brother’s crew team, her connection with crew captain, Ian Cruz, is undeniable. The problem? He’s the boy next door and her brother’s best friend. Which means he’s strictly off-limits...
  • The Only Boy Off Limits by Emily Lowry

    The Only Boy Off Limits by Emily Lowry

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Get ready for Hallisburg Prep Book 3, Cruz and Avery's story, coming in 2022...
    Categorized as:
    sports  young adult  contemporary  christian  humor
  • Pas de Don't by Chloe Angyal

    Pas de Don't by Chloe Angyal

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Heather Hays finally has everything she’s worked for—she’s a principal dancer at New York Ballet Theater, has the best friend a girl could ask for, and is engaged to her forever crush, fellow principal Jack Andersen. They’ve been dubbed “American ballet royalty” . . . but when Heather’s best friend Carly catches Jack with a corps ballet dancer, the castle comes crashing down...
  • Coming Out at the Ball Game by Jax Calder

    Coming Out at the Ball Game by Jax Calder

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For Elijah, a trip to the ball game with his dad and his ex-friend Jaxon is a special kind of torture. He’s always been a disappointment to his dad, and there’s been an awful awkwardness between him and Jaxon since Elijah came out. Elijah hates that he still cares about what Jaxon thinks of him...
  • End Game by J.B. Salsbury

    End Game by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She would be my end game. I just didn’t know it yet.Ophelia asked me for one simple favor—to get the guy she’s in love with to notice her.It won’t be easy; she looks as if she’s spent her whole life trying to disappear. But I never turn down a challenge. Convincing anyone I’ve given up all women for this one woman is my biggest challenge yet.I agree to help her win over the man of her dreams...
  • Only One Boy by Maggie Dallen

    Only One Boy by Maggie Dallen

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There's only one boy Celia would NOT want to be stuck sitting next to on this interminably long train ride. So guess who just walked on board…Clearly the universe has a sick sense of humor. That's the only explanation Celia can come up with when she finds herself alone on a train with her crush since second grade. Maybe some girls would call this fate. Destiny, even. But Celia knows better...
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