<p><strong>Praise for&nbsp;<em>Love Me Anyway</em>:</strong></p><p><em>...it embraces teen angst and drama with gusto -&nbsp;Vox Libris TOP 1000 REVIEWER</em></p><p><em>...The ending is beautiful and will bring you to tears. - Ashley Bane</em></p><p><em>...If John Hughes directed a movie based on a Judy Bloom book... - A. Lynn Powers</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>When your heart can&#39;t speak&nbsp;the words a mix-tape can.</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Tia Mercury is&nbsp;a freshman in high school and has&nbsp;her first serious crush...on a senior who won&#39;t touch her. At least not until she turns&nbsp;eighteen.<br /><br />Clinton Daniels is not your everyday teenage boy and because his tougher-than-nails father won&#39;t let him forget it Clinton becomes a loner. And learns&nbsp;to distrust everyone.<br /><br />Until he meets Tia. She&#39;s sweet she&#39;s funny and she knows nothing about good music. It&#39;s the nineteen-eighties for goodness sake...time to turn off that AM radio crap.<br /><br />So while Tia drools&nbsp;over Clinton he&#39;s busy making her mix-tapes. She&#39;s falling in love. He&#39;s ignoring his heart.<br /><br />See Clinton has&nbsp;a secret. But sharing it could cost him their friendship and he&#39;s not willing to risk losing the only person he&#39;s ever loved.<br /><br /><strong><em>Love Me Anyway</em>&nbsp;is a serious story that spans a decade. A young adult coming of age tale about unconditional love and what two people are willing to look past to prove that love. A mix between Rainbow Rowell&#39;s&nbsp;<em>Eleanor &amp;&nbsp;Park</em>&nbsp;and Becky Albertalli&#39;s&nbsp;<em>Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda&nbsp;</em><em>Love Me Anyway</em>&nbsp;will capture your heart and captivate your soul.</strong></p><p>(This book was originally published as&nbsp;<em>NAKED AND FAR FROM HOME</em>. If you&#39;ve already read&nbsp;<em>NAKED</em> then do not purchase this again. The only change is the title.&nbsp;Thank you)</p>