Falling in love is easy; it’s everything else that’s hard.Popular and studious Valerie Hugh fell in love with her exact opposite the first day of high school. The past two and a half years of trying to convince herself it was nothing more than a fluke only succeed in making things worse. When Valerie meets her crush outside of school, she doesn’t even recognize him, but she’s not willing to ignore the fate that led their paths to cross. Axel Brandt, known for how little he stands out in class, isn’t used to being seen—and certainly not by the one girl who ever bothered to talk to him. Once. Last year. His feelings for her sprouted in that moment, but he never suspected anything to come of them until one night when he’s wrangling his drunk father. With her confession, both their lives are set to change, but with two people so different, who knows whether they’ll grow closer…or apart.