Love Me Anyway

Tia Mercury was a freshman in high school and had her first serious crush - on a senior who wouldn't touch her. At least not until she turned eighteen.

Clinton Daniels was not your everyday teenage boy, and because his tougher-than-nails father wouldn't let him forget it, Clinton became a loner. And learned to distrust everyone.

Until he met Tia. She was sweet, she was funny, and she knew nothing about good music. It was the nineteen-eighties for goodness sake - time to turn off that AM radio crap.

So, while Tia drooled over Clinton, he was busy making her mix-tapes. She was falling in love. He was ignoring his heart.

See, Clinton had a secret. But sharing it could cost him their friendship, and he was not willing to risk losing the only person he ever loved.

Love Me Anyway is a serious story that spans a decade. A tale about unconditional love and what two people are willing to look past to prove that love.

J.P. Grider is a young adult and new adult literary fiction writer who loves turning tragedies into fairy tales. When she is not reading and writing fairy tales, she's living one with her husband, four children, and her beloved dog Auggie.