<div><i>If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling.</i><br><br>Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off. <br><br>Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn't help that her lifelong friends will turn toxic at the first sign of a wrong outfit, wrong lunch, or wrong crush. Yet Sam knows she'd be<i>truly</i> crazy to leave the protection of the most popular girls in school. So when Sam meets Caroline, she has to keep her new friend with a refreshing sense of humor and no style a secret, right up there with Sam's weekly visits to her psychiatrist.<br><br>Caroline introduces Sam to the Poet's Corner, a hidden room and a tight-knit group of misfits who have been ignored by the school at large. Sam is drawn to them immediately, especially a guitar-playing guy with a talent for verse, and starts to discover a whole new side of herself. Slowly, she begins to feel more &quot;normal&quot; than she ever has as part of the popular crowd . . . until she finds a new reason to question her sanity and all she holds dear.<br><div></div><div><strong>Praise for <em>Time Between Us</em><br></strong>&quot;A beautifully written, unique love story.&quot;<br>-Melissa Marr, New York Times best-selling author of The Wicked Lovely series <br><br>&quot;A compelling story of love, fate, and consequences with plenty of sigh-worthy moments, this novel is the perfect choice for readers who want a romance that leaves them with something to think about when it's over.&quot;<br>-<em>Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books</em><br><br>&quot;A warm, time-bending romance [that] will have readers rooting for the couple that keeps daring fate.&quot;<br>-<em>Publishers Weekly</em><br><br>&quot;The story will hold readers with its twists and turns, present and future; its love, sadness, and anger; and especially, its surprising secrets.&quot;<br>-<i>Booklist</i><br><br>&quot;Romantic and passionate, Stone's debut novel is swoon-worthy...will resonate with readers who enjoy their romance mixed with adventure.&quot;<br>-<em>School Library Journal</em><br><br>&quot;<em>Time Between Us</em> is the very best kind of love story --heart-pounding, intense, and unputdownable!&quot;<br>-Elizabeth Scott, author of <em>Bloom</em> and <em>Perfect You</em><br></div></div>