This Is For Tonight

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​“I loved this book! The characters are awesome, like great friends I want to keep reading over and over! I highly recommend this one!” ―Shana Silver, author of Mind Games

“Loved this book from beginning to end! So fun and romantic, with awesome characters that feel real and a great setting. Definitely recommend this one!” ―Elizabeth Briggs, New York Times-bestselling author

“What a fun story! I really enjoyed reading this. It was the perfect combination of cute and serious, making the story fun and deep without being heavy….[For fans of] The Only Thing Worse than Me Is You, Audrey Wait, [and] Amy and Roger's Epic Detour.” ―Pickle Heart Books, Swoon Reader
When Andi attends a music festival with one goal in mind - capture an interview with a famous band so she can pay for college - she gets more than she bargained for in this YA novel about family ties and finding your own way.

Andi Kennedy needs to make money for college, and fast. But her little YouTube crafting channel, while fun, isn't exactly a money maker. So she's heading to the world-famous Cabazon Valley Music and Arts Festival with a goal - film a video that will launch her channel into popularity and turn it into a legit money making venture, even if it means selling out her creative vision.

Instead, she finds obnoxious Jay Bankar, the annoyingly hot host of a popular prank channel who is the actual worst. Andi hates everything Jay stands for, which makes the undeniable connection she feels with him really freaking inconvenient. Soon she finds herself competing with Jay for an interview with the festival's headlining band, which could be the key to turning her little channel directly into college tuition. But she's starting to discover that there is more to Jay than his jerky on-screen persona, and she has to decide what's more important - winning, or giving a second chance to a guy who couldn't be more wrong for her.

Orange County Romance Writers 2021 Book Buyers Best - 1st Place Young Adult

In Real Life

YALSA's 2017 Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers
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Hannah Cho and Nick Cooper have been best friends since 8th grade. They talk for hours on the phone, regularly shower each other with presents, and know everything there is to know about one another.

There's just one problem: Hannah and Nick have never actually met.

Hannah has spent her entire life doing what she's supposed to, but when her senior year spring break plans get ruined by a rule-breaker, she decides to break a rule or two herself. She impulsively decides to road trip to Las Vegas, her older sister and BFF in tow, to surprise Nick and finally declare her more-than-friend feelings for him.

Hannah's surprise romantic gesture backfires when she gets to Vegas and finds out that Nick has been keeping some major secrets. Hannah knows the real Nick can't be that different from the online Nick she knows and loves, but now she only has night in Sin City to figure out what her feelings for Nick really are, all while discovering how life can change when you break the rules every now and then.

"A sweet, honest story that begins as so many of our relationships do: online." 
-- Emery Lord, author of Open Road Summer

"A witty and entertaining story of friendship and secrets with a sparkly Vegas backdrop. Jessica Love knows love!"  
-- Kristin Rae, author of Wish You Were Italian

"Nevertheless, the story manages to find its heart when it focuses on Hannah and Nick’s relationship. The warmth and intimacy of their friendship is convincing, and readers sighing over their long history will root for their relationship."
-- Kirkus Reviews

"Love expertly creates a timely and entertaining story set on the glamorous Vegas strip, complete with rock and roll, gambling, love, and drama.  Readers will relate to the characters in this book and their effortless use of technology to support relationships."
​ --School Library Journal

"Love's latest is a fun, fast-paced contemporary filled with so much heart and adorable characters. The romance between Nick and Hannah transports readers into the anxiety-ridden world of first love. There's more here, too, about growing up and taking a courageous leap into uncharted territory. Readers who enjoy sweet, slightly awkward heroes will love Nick."
--RT Book Reviews

"[A] sweet story ideal for contemporary teens whose lives play out in similar computer-and-text-message-related ways."
​--Booklist

"Readers are treated to a romp through what’s possible to do in one night when you are under age, albeit with a passable fake ID, in Las Vegas, so this is may be an enjoyable outing for fans of travel romances."
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Push Girl
​with Chelsie Hill

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An inspiring, real, and fresh young adult novel about how life can change in an instant by Chelsie Hill, one of the stars Sundance Channel's unscripted series Push Girls, based on her own life

Kara is a high school senior who's loving life. She's popular, has a great group of friends and an amazing boyfriend, and she's a shoo-in for homecoming queen. Even though her parents can't stop fighting and her ex-boyfriend can't seem to leave her alone, Kara won't let anything get in the way of her perfect year. It's Friday night, and Kara arrives at a party, upset after hearing her parents having another one of their awful fights, and sees another girl with her hands all over her boyfriend. Furious, Kara leaves to take a drive, and, as she's crossing an intersection, a car comes out of nowhere and slams into the driver's side of Kara's car. 

When Kara wakes up, she has no memory of the night before. Where is she? Why are her parents crying? And, most importantly — why can't she feel her legs? As Kara is forced to adjust to her new life, where her friends aren't who they seemed to be and her once-adoring boyfriend is mysteriously absent, she starts to realize that what matters in life isn't what happens to you — it's the choices you make and the people you love.

Co-written by "Push Girls" star Chelsie Hill, whose real life closely mirrors Kara's experience, this novel will open the eyes of readers everywhere who have never met someone who lives with paralysis.

"Authors Hill and Love write a moving novel...This is an emotional story with elements any teen reader can relate to, primarily the search for one’s own identity. Readers will be inspired and moved by Kara’s amazing journey."
--Booklist

“A light, ultimately upbeat look at life after spinal cord injury.”
--Kirkus Reviews

"Kara's voice is so clear and so realistic that it pulls the reader in."
-VOYA

"The writing duo’s personal experiences informed the realistic dialogue and fully developed main character. Kara’s accepting her fate and the ups and downs of her relationships with family and friends will keep the attention of teens. This tearjerker is sure to be popular with readers."
-School Library Journal

“Push Girl’s Kara doesn’t want to be an inspiration, but she (and author Chelsie Hill) are exactly that in this honest, feisty, and painfully real story of one girl's adjustment to life on two wheels.”
—Deb Caletti, National Book Award finalist and author of The Queen of Everything and The Story of Us

"Push Girl is more than a survival story; it's about the power of turning pain and anger into hope and inspiration. Filled with heart and humor, it's an unforgettable, moving read."
--Tamara Ireland Stone, author of Time Between Us

 “A compelling journey into Kara’s unforeseen, life-altering event and a revealing look at society’s various reactions to the physically challenged. It’s a story of love, desire and regret, tragedy, loss and triumph, of those who stand with you through the darkness and others who can’t, or simply won’t. We’re with Kara as she struggles to accept her post-accident life and forge new relationships with her friends, family and most importantly, herself. Push Girl is all life-as-normal, until suddenly, irreversibly it isn’t and Kara’s journey to build a new normal is a wrenching but ultimately triumphant one of strength, determination and heart. Go, Kara!”
—Laura Weiss, author of Such a Pretty Girl

“Push Girl is a tender, inspirational, and, most of all, important story about courage and adversity and never losing sight of who you are.”
—Jennifer Brown, author of Hate List
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