At seventeen, Natalie Hewitt has her future mapped out. Graduate top of her class, get into an Ivy League School and along the way be a top athlete, the perfect daughter, and nice to everyone. Its not easy living up to the pressure she puts on herself. Sometimes she feels overwhelmed with anxiety. So she has her quirks, like counting the flowers on her wall, to help her focus, help her get calm.
Lately, its taking so much effortand more countingto meet those expectations. Nothing is the way it used to be. Her best friend is drifting away. Her brother is in trouble again. And her boyfriend Phillip is convinced theres something going on between her and Owen Radlowski.
Thats so not true. Owen is just a guy she tutors. A friend. Nothing more. And yet she cant stop thinking about him. He gets hereven the countingand doesnt ask for too much from her. Still, Owen is not Philip, which makes him the wrong guy for her. He has no place in her future plans.
As her carefully arranged life unravels, her quirks dont work the way they should, and Natalie has to face what is real. And learn to accept it might not be what she thinks it should be.
Look for the continuation of Natalie's story in book 2 to be released summer 2020.
Genre: Young Adult Romance
Lately, its taking so much effortand more countingto meet those expectations. Nothing is the way it used to be. Her best friend is drifting away. Her brother is in trouble again. And her boyfriend Phillip is convinced theres something going on between her and Owen Radlowski.
Thats so not true. Owen is just a guy she tutors. A friend. Nothing more. And yet she cant stop thinking about him. He gets hereven the countingand doesnt ask for too much from her. Still, Owen is not Philip, which makes him the wrong guy for her. He has no place in her future plans.
As her carefully arranged life unravels, her quirks dont work the way they should, and Natalie has to face what is real. And learn to accept it might not be what she thinks it should be.
Look for the continuation of Natalie's story in book 2 to be released summer 2020.
Genre: Young Adult Romance
Used availability for Beth Andrews's Counting Flowers