When Aralyn Liddell looks in the mirror, she sees a plain girl with drab brunette hair, pale skin tainted with freckles, and lips so thin she considers herself lipless Standing next to her gorgeous sister with porcelain skin, deep-brown eyes, raven-black hair, and rosy, plump lips doesn't help matters either. With such a beautiful sister, she is easily overlooked and soon realizes she is nothing more than a Plain Jane. Prevailing through adolescence, she creates an arsenal of pretty dresses to camouflage her plainness, but the loom of the Fates seems to be spinning a dark future for the...

Branded by the words "too pretty to be a boy," Ray Winstrom seeks refuge from society's labels. Born to a widow, he longs to bond with the father who never knew of his existence. When his grandparents give him his dad's acoustic guitar as a birthday gift, he throws himself into the only connection he has with his dad. When Mason Davis moves in next door, he and Ray immediately bond. Despite Mason's apparent athleticism and Ray's fumbling habits, the two make a blood oath to be friends forever. But when junior high sweeps in, so do winds of change. For Ray, along with junior high, comes long...