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Crush Me

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Summary

Leanne Grossman and Wilson Quaring are taking part in their senior high school spring break trip. Wilson is everyone's friend. Always surrounded by the in crowd, he's popular and a talented singer. Leanne is carrying around secrets and pain as she struggles to get through to the end of the school year. She knows she shouldn't be on this trip but for some reason she was approved. Visiting Paris is her dream. When Wilson rescues her duffel bag from a would-be thief, her crush on him becomes another painful secret. Will Leanne finally trust herself, and can Wilson overcome his own family pressures?: Will their chance run in at the airport allow a spark to grow? My gorgeous cover is by @XxxSistersxxX

Status
Complete
Chapters
33
Rating
4.4 (7 reviews)
Age Rating
18+

Author's Note

This work is based on the ONC 2024 prompt #72.

The point of view will shift alternating between Leanne Grossman and Wilson Quaring as they take part in their school’s senior trip to France.

Wilson Quaring is everyone’s friend and always surrounded by students wherever he goes. He’s carrying around a huge secret, and he’s trying to figure out how to stop the teasing at school and satisfy his father’s demands. When he spots Leanne struggling with her luggage in the security check line at the airport, he makes a quick decision.

Leanne plays the flute and loves to write poetry. She’s a consistent honor roll member with secrets that haunt her core. Tall, she wears her dirty blonde hair long and uses it to hide her square jaw line and hazel green eyes. No one pays attention to her, but there is just one person she wishes would turn her way. Unfortunately, he never seems to see her behind her glasses.

Trigger warnings for child abuse and violence.Swearing and other strong language is present, but nothing most teens haven’t used or heard. This book explores sexuality and has a couple of very spicy scenes.Therefore the age rating on it is 18-25 for new adults.

Copyright ©February 1st, 2024 by Karin Venables

All rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means, including but not limited to photocopying, recording or information storage and retrieval, without written permission from the author.

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Am I seriously one of the only people who wasn’t swearing in her teenage years🤔 maybe said s…h…i…t a few times

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