Introduction

In high school, Charlotte Windham went through a typical ugly duckling phase - glasses and all, while harboring a crush on Garrett Stephens, the school's athletic heartthrob.

Fifteen years later, Charlotte and Garrett have a chance encounter at a Los Angeles restaurant. However, this time around, Charlotte has leveled the playing field. She’s a bestselling novelist and no longer “Glasses,” the humiliating nickname Garrett gave her. She’s a catch and, thanks to corrective eye surgery, it’s not just her eyes that see better…so does her heart!

Garrett hasn’t fared poorly either, transforming from teen heartbreaker to adult lothario and is now a successful professional golfer suffering from a possible career-ending injury.

Can Charlotte forgive Garrett for his past ways, and more recent Don Juan lifestyle? Will she even want to? And, can Garrett change his ways for a second chance with Charlotte, who may just be perfect for him?

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Prologue


1999

Charlotte Windham did a quick check of her teeth in the small compact mirror hanging from her key ring before knocking on the oversized wooden door. She undoubtedly had some remnants from lunch trapped within the metal wires of her braces. She pulled out a piece of apple peel from her right incisor and patted down her dark brown hair which, despite seeming an impossibility, was both simultaneously stringy and frizzy. She let out a loud exhale and knocked on the door. ... view entire excerpt...

Discussion Questions

Author Lisa Becker had such a fierce crush on a boy in high school, she willingly sat with him in the bathroom at parties while he puked up wine coolers, just so she could spend time with him. Share with the group your unrequited crush story. Did your crush know? How did you get over it?

Has someone had an unrequited crush on you? How did it make you feel? Did you ever discuss/confront it?

Given the prevalence of social media, do you still keep in touch with an unrequited crush? How much interaction do you have? How does that make you feel?

In the Prologue and Chapter One, Garrett refers to Charlotte as “Glasses,” a humiliating nickname he assigned her. Did you have a nickname in high school? How did it make you feel? Does anyone still use it?

In Chapter Forty-Two, Charlotte bumps into a former high school bully who comments in a snarky way that Charlotte is exactly the same. How do you think Charlotte has changed since high school? How do you think she's stayed the same? Are you the same person you were in high school? In what ways have you changed?

In Chapter Forty-Four, Garrett accuses Charlotte of unfairly judging him based on his teenage behavior. Do you still harbor resentment toward someone based on how they acted as a teenager? What would they need to do to change your perceptions? Would you even give them a chance?

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