Bubblegum and Butterflies

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Some people come into your life unexpectedly. Others turn your whole world upside down.

Sixteen-year-old Charlize van der Merwe has always played by the rules. Good grades, high expectations, a carefully planned future. Her life is neatly organised, just the way her parents like it.

Then she meets Daniel McCarthy.

He's everything she isn't supposed to want. A rebellious skateboarder with a troubled past, a sharp tongue and a reputation that precedes him. He comes from a world very different from hers, and the last thing Charlize expects is to discover that beneath his rough exterior is someone who understands her in ways nobody else does.

What begins with an accident and an unlikely friendship slowly becomes something neither of them is prepared for. Between stolen moments, late-night conversations, shared laughter and dreams of a future neither can quite picture, Charlize begins to question everything she thought she knew about herself.

But just as they're discovering what it means to fall in love, life throws them a curveball neither saw coming.

With a future pulling them in different directions and a goodbye looming on the horizon, can two young hearts hold on to something beautiful when the world around them is changing?

Because first love isn't always about forever. Sometimes, it's about the moments that stay with you long after they're gone.

A heartfelt coming-of-age romance about first love, second chances, finding yourself and the bittersweet beauty of growing up.