Islands Apart

A closet artist and the queen of try-hards, seventeen-year-old Jackie Davenport has only one goal: keep her head down, don't ruffle feathers, and stay out of trouble. Jackie isn't looking for romance; she seeks solely to please her parents, even if it means choosing the wrong college or dating her annoying childhood best friend, Dean.

When Maxwell arrives as the "new kid" from abroad, Jackie's M.O. of playing it safe is eradicated. To Jackie, Maxwell is a masterpiece-and irresistible-in all the most innocent ways of course. Needless to say, she throws caution to the wind and falls hard.

But while struggling to keep her relationship a secret from her overbearing father, Jackie discovers the people closest to her have secrets of their own. On the night of her best friend Amahle's birthday party, Jackie's perfect world implodes. Now, she must venture into unknown territory to find her true identity or continue to suffer in silence behind her cookie-cutter image.