by C. Desir
C. DESIR writes contemporary fction for young adults. She lives with her husband, three small children, and overly enthusiastic dog outside of Chicago. She has volunteered as a rape-victim activist for more than ten years, including providing direct service as an advocate in hospital ERs. She also works as a bookseller and edits romance novels. Visit her at christadesir.com.
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JOLENE PERRY is a middle and high school teacher turned author. She married the guy she kissed on her high school graduation night, lives in the mountains of Alaska, and has spent months sailing in the Caribbean. Her previous novels for young adults include The Summer I Found You and Has to Be Love.
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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First Simon Pulse hardcover edition May 2016
Text copyright © 2016 by Christa Desir and Jolene Perry
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Desir, Christa, author. | Perry, Jolene B. (Jolene Betty), 1976-, author.
Title: Love blind / C. Desir and Jolene Perry.
Description: First Simon Pulse hardcover edition. | New York : Simon Pulse, 2016.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015031920 | ISBN 9781481416931 (hc) |
ISBN 9781481416948 (pbk) | ISBN 9781481416955 (eBook)
Subjects: | CYAC: Self-confidence—Fiction. | Bashfulness—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction. | Fear—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Adolescence. |
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emotions & Feelings. | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Special Needs.
Classification: LCC PZ7.D4506 Lo 2016 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015031920