To escape the unwanted attention of her stepbrother, a young woman deliberately transforms her appearance so he will no longer look her way. But hiding behind a new face only complicates the feelings she is trying to outrun, and the closer she gets to keeping her secret, the harder it becomes to tell who she is really protecting herself from.
I could already feel my carefully invisible life falling apart. One day living with Damon Blake, and I already needed an escape. This is who I really am. And this is the girl nobody at Westbridge gets to see.
Finally. Five minutes of peace. Finally. Finally, five minutes where nobody needs anything from me.
No Damon, no Victoria, no pretending. Oh no. Hey, are you okay? Whoa, are you hurt?
What the? Wait. Wait! What was that? Do you always storm into girls' rooms like that?
You punched me! You jumped into the pool! You were in the pool? I don't even know how to swim.
Last night was a disaster. I thought my secret had survived. Then I noticed something.