Just Pretend

A Duet for Home

The Firefly Summer

Dreams

A Thousand Questions

Love, I Lend You My Wings

Shira and Esther's Double Dream Debut

My One Hundred Adventures

Happily Ever Afters

Sixteen-year-old Tessa Johnson has never felt like the protagonist in her own life. She’s rarely seen herself reflected in the pages of the romance novels she loves. The only place she’s a true leading lady is in her own writing—in the swoony love stories she shares only with Caroline, her best friend and #1 devoted reader.

When Tessa is accepted into the creative writing program of a prestigious art school, she’s excited to finally let her stories shine. But when she goes to her first workshop, the words are just...gone. Fortunately, Caroline has a solution: Tessa just needs to find some inspiration in a real-life love story of her own. And she’s ready with a list of romance novel-inspired steps to a happily ever after. Nico, the brooding artist who looks like he walked out of one of Tessa’s stories, is cast as the perfect Prince Charming.

But as Tessa checks each item off Caroline’s list, she gets further and further away from herself. She risks losing everything she cares about—including the surprising bond she develops with sweet Sam, who lives across the street. She’s well on her way to having her own real-life love story, but is it the one she wants, after all?

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Just Pretend

Tori Sharp, 2021

A Duet for Home

Karina Yan Glaser, 2022

The Firefly Summer

Morgan Matson, 2023

Dreams

Jelena Jordanovic-Lewis, Tom Story, 2017

A Thousand Questions

Saadia Faruqi, 2020

Love, I Lend You My Wings

Rebecca Rivera-Clinch, 2022

Shira and Esther's Double Dream Debut

Anna E. Jordan, 2023

My One Hundred Adventures

Polly Horvath, 2008