The Other Side of Together

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>A heartrending story of first love possibility and rewriting our destinies this YA romance captures the ache of Laura Nowlin with a romantic innocence reminiscent of Jenny Han.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Marcus is destined for big things. He's a star soccer player straight-A student and gorgeous beyond the hopes of most girls. Especially since they're off limits. Because of his detective dad's painful past with women Marcus made a bet with him to avoid girls until after high school. So far so good.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mei Li's world is anything but bright. She's a pawn in a dangerous game to keep her and her family in America but dreams of a very different life. However dreams turn to fear when she discovers the guy she's supposed to trust with her heart is more disturbed than she could ever imagine.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Even though Mei Li and Marcus live around the corner from each other in San Francisco's Chinatown the only thing they have in common is a trolley stop. Until the day they step through the same shop door and into a new possibility.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>What starts as secret notes and texts quickly becomes a desperate attempt to be together. But together is impossible. Opposing futures a tangle of dark connections and one big secret come between them forcing them to risk their safety for love or leave the possibility of together behind forever.</span></p>