Isabel Bandeira crafts stories fueled by a lifelong fascination with fairy tales and a penchant for glitter, nurtured by a childhood near the Pine Barrens and summers immersed in Portugal's ancient history. Her writing weaves together these enchanting influences, reflecting a unique voice that bridges imagination and meticulous detail. As a mechanical engineer, she brings a precise yet imaginative approach to her narrative, creating worlds that captivate readers with their distinct charm.
To high school senior Grace, life is an equation where everything can be perfectly calculated to ensure maximum success and the perfect future, including having the perfect girlfriend and being accepted into a first-choice university, but life has a funny way of getting in the way of plans.
In a perfect world, sixteen-year-old Phoebe Martins’ life would be a book. Preferably a YA novel with magic and a hot paranormal love interest. Unfortunately, her life probably wouldn’t even qualify for a quiet contemporary. But when Phoebe finds out that Dev, the hottest guy in the clarinet section, might actually have a crush on her, she turns to her favorite books for advice. Phoebe overhauls her personality to become as awesome as her favorite heroines and win Dev’s heart. But if her plan fails, can she go back to her happy world of fictional boys after falling for the real thing?
To help her chances for a college scholarship, Em participates in a speech compeitition and decides to use her flirting skills to throw off her rival and nemesis, Kris Lambert, never suspecting that her own feelings might interfere with the plan.