Carter Ortese is Trouble

by R.A. Desilets

Everyone knows Carter Ortese, or Carter "Oh Tease" as some girls call him.
Everyone knows Carter Ortese's dad died at seventeen after getting his mom pregnant.
Everyone knows Carter Ortese is trouble. It makes no sense when Emma Williams, a perfect student, asks Carter Ortese out on a date. Emma assumed Carter would reject her, but as he realizes she asked him out on a date, he challenges her by saying yes. Carter has been aloof in the shadows to avoid conflict. Emma has bent to her strict family's will and ignored her dreams. As Emma's choices catch up to her, Carter can't stay hidden any longer, else he may lose the one person he's finally opened up to. No one knows why Emma Williams goes on the date.
No one knows why Emma Williams goes on a second date.
Emma Williams realizes: No one knows the real Carter Ortese. A YA coming of age Romance told in dual perspectives.