THE ROMANCE REBUTTAL by CASS ROUGEAU

THE ROMANCE REBUTTAL by CASS ROUGEAUNo amount of logic can outwit the persuasions of the heart, no matter how clever you might be. BETHANY: I am stuck in Searidge for one more year, counting the days until graduation. Having my best friend graduate already would've hurt less if I wasn't watching her be so much happier at college. Worst of all, Nadia's departure leaves me without a debate partner and at risk of being dropped by the debate team after three years. I love debate. . . enough

When twelve-year-olds Kat Steiner and Blake O’Neill meet at Camp Chickawah

Especially when she’s put up for a senior analyst position against her arrogant

When she discovers Theo's plans to confess his feelings for his brother’s fiancée at their engagement party

* and all the "my wife" vibes

the guy whose room she’d snuck out of

they will need to do whatever it takes to unmask the real killer before they and the rest of Queer Club are taken down

They twist and turn around the pain of his past and the reality of my present

moving halfway across the country to a small island town is just what they need

It can't be real

It’s only a matter of time before Griffin brings the danger directly to their doorstep

Lara must choose which kingdom she’ll save… and which kingdom she’ll destroy

these two lonely souls orbit each other as they slowly give in to the inevitable gravity of their attraction