Description：
One clumsy confession is all it takes to turn Maya Winters into a joke.
Already painfully insecure about her body, her looks, and the space she takes up, Maya is used to keeping her head down. But after her feelings for the bright, popular Ethan Cole are exposed in front of everyone, whispers follow her through every classroom, every hallway, every meal. The teasing gets crueler, the shame digs deeper, and even Maya starts believing the worst things people say about her.
Then Summer Vale steps in.
Cool, quiet, and hard to read, Summer is nothing like Ethan—and nothing like the kind of person Maya ever imagined would notice her. Yet again and again, Summer is there: shielding her from humiliation, calling out what others ignore, and refusing to let Maya disappear into herself. As their lives become tangled between school pressure, old wounds, and the weight of other people's judgment, Maya begins to question whether her first crush was ever love at all.
But learning to trust Summer means facing everything Maya has spent years trying to hide. And when the world tries to shame her into silence again, Maya will have to decide whether she can keep running from her heart—or finally choose the person who has been choosing her all along.
Author Biography：
Evelyn Cole is a contemporary romance author known for emotionally rich stories of love, longing, and second chances.
