You Wouldn't Dare
A Novel
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
"Perfect for fans of Nina Moreno, Gilmore Girls, and Sarah Dessen, You Wouldn't Dare will wrap you up in a sun-drenched, salt-scented hug and refuse to let you go." - Amanda Quain, author of Accomplished: A Georgie Darcy Novel
A rom com about trying to have the summer of your life before everything changes - only to realize change might be exactly what you need...
When Juniper Nash Abreheart kissed Graham Isham for the first time, she had no idea it would nearly be the end of their friendship.
More specifically, she had no idea that the terrible, unforgivable thing she did to keep their summer fling a secret wouldn’t just ruin their friendship, but also Graham’s entire life. Now, months since the fallout, Junie and Graham spend most of their time sidestepping conversational landmines on the journey back to normalcy.
Junie is sure the strangeness between her and Graham is her biggest problem - until her mom hires Tallulah, her boyfriend’s surly teenage daughter, to work at their family café, and then announces they’ll all be moving in together at the end of the summer. The only bright spot ahead is Junie’s dad’s upcoming visit, just in time for her community theater production. And then poor turnout soon threatens that.
But when Junie starts to realize the feelings she swore to take care of last summer have lingered, saving her production and managing her hostile relationship with Tallulah might be the least of her problems. Graham isn’t just off limits - their friendship has been mended to barely withstand a breeze, and the gale force of Junie’s feelings could be just what breaks them.
Samantha Markum’s You Wouldn’t Dare is about the risks and triumphs that come with being brave enough to take a chance at what you really want, including love.
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When Juniper Nash Abreheart's mother informs her that they'll be leaving White Coral Key, Fla., to move in with her boyfriend Paul and his mercurial daughter Tallulah on the South Shore, Junie struggles to accept that she's about to leave behind everything she's ever known. Though Junie and Tallulah's parents hope that the teens will bond while working at the Abreheart's café over the summer, the pair is hesitant to get to know each other. Junie's life is further complicated by increasingly tense dynamics among her friend group caused by a secret dalliance gone awry. Knowing her time in White Coral Key is almost up, Junie endeavors to repair her broken relationships and prepare for her future. Script excerpts from Shakespearean musical Midsummer Madness, the production that Junie is helping to stage at her community theater, begin each chapter. Markum (This May End Badly) crafts well-drawn, mostly white protagonists via zippy dialogue and employs an unconventional locale peopled by a tight-knit community of intersectionally diverse year-round denizens and lively tourists, to deliver a bustling, summery tale that navigates messy relationships and forgiveness. Ages 13–up.
