LOVE BLIND

It started with a list of fears. Stupid things really. Things that fifteen-year-old Hailey Bosler shouldn't have worried about. If it weren't for the fact that every day she woke up with the world a little more blurry. Unable to see her two moms clearly. Unable to read the music for her guitar. But she loved the rush of crossing something off her fear list, and sometimes more than anything else, that kept her moving forward.

Then she met Kyle. A sixteen-year-old boy who mumbled and spent too much time scribbling in his notebooks and listening to music to drown out his own thoughts. Thoughts that refused to let him forget he was a magnet for crap—for his friends, his family. Until Hailey found him and talked him into making his own list of fears. She was afraid he wouldn’t do it—be a friend or work on the list. He was afraid he wouldn’t do it well enough. Together, they stumbled into an odd friendship. One they both counted on, until it began to change into something more. Something they both were too paralyzed to move toward. C. Desir writes dark contemporary fiction for young adults. She lives with her husband, three small children, and overly enthusiastic dog outside of Chicago. She has volunteered as a rape victim activist for more than ten years, including providing direct service as an advocate in hospital ERs. She also works as an editor at Samhain Publishing. Visit her at ChristaDesir.com. Jolene Perry is a middle and high school teacher turned author. She married the guy she kissed on her high school graduation night, lives in the mountains of Alaska, and has spent months sailing in the Caribbean. Her previous novels for young adults include The Summer I Found You and Has to Be Love.