J P Grider

Love Me Anyway J P Grider

Praise for Love Me Anyway

...it embraces teen angst and drama with gusto - Vox Libris TOP 1000 REVIEWER

... The ending is beautiful and will bring you to tears. - Ashley Bane

... If John Hughes directed a movie based on a Judy Bloom book... - A. Lynn Powers



When your heart can't speak the words, a mix-tape can.



Tia Mercury is a freshman in high school and has her first serious crush...on a senior who won't touch her. At least not until she turns eighteen.

Clinton Daniels is not your everyday teenage boy, and because his tougher-than-nails father won't let him forget it, Clinton becomes a loner. And learns to distrust everyone.

Until he meets Tia. She's sweet, she's funny, and she knows nothing about good music. It's the nineteen-eighties for goodness sake...time to turn off that AM radio crap.

So, while Tia drools over Clinton, he's busy making her mix-tapes. She's falling in love. He's ignoring his heart.

See, Clinton has a secret. But sharing it could cost him their friendship, and he's not willing to risk losing the only person he's ever loved.

Love Me Anyway is a serious story that spans a decade. A young adult, coming of age tale about unconditional love and what two people are willing to look past to prove that love. A mix between Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park and Becky Albertalli's Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Love Me Anyway will capture your heart and captivate your soul.

(This book was originally published as NAKED AND FAR FROM HOME. If you've already read NAKED, then do not purchase this again. The only change is the title. Thank you)