The Real Me Because of You

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This stand-alone second chances rom-com is MJ Apple’s debut novel…. Lots of steam, but no explicit scenes… A chance of love with a high school crush with a musical theater and pop songs soundtrack. And definitely a happily ever after!

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The last several years haven’t been kind to Isa Macayo. Her family feels she is below them. The only job she can get is teaching at her alma mater. Despite her best friend and colleagues setting her up, she feels like she’ll be alone for the rest of her life.

Of course, that is until she bumps into her high school crush, Ryan Marks, as he moves into the empty apartment below hers.

Suddenly, she has her dream teaching post. And as she’s working alongside her new sexy, flirtatious neighbor, her students request a demonstration of a stage kiss that only reveals a fiery passion she had suppressed since her school days.

As Isa and Ryan explore their promising new relationship, they have to overcome having entitled family members and coworkers that will attempt to sabotage the good in their lives. Even with friends and their bright-eyed students, will their love be enough to overcome the obstacles they face along the way?

The Real Me Because of You


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