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But Eliza's carefully crafted image begins to unravel as the relationship      with Caz becomes more and more real. Can she still follow      her dreams if it means breaking her own heart?            Perfect for BookTok, and fans of Jenny Han and Crazy      Rich Asians.         Laugh-out-loud funny, and full of heart from a brand-new      star in YA rom-coms.                      \"A total delight. Laugh out loud funny, sweet, and romantic,      this is a sparkling gem of a book.\" Meg      Cabot      \"At once laugh-out-loud funny and taut with romantic tension,      This Time It's Real is all the best parts of a fake      dating romcom.\" Adiba Jaigirdar","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43128881119410,"sku":"9780702324291","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780702324291.jpg?v=1786014803"},{"product_id":"9781035050390","title":"A Song to Drown Rivers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInstant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Exquisite and devastating. 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Jessica Chen is so smart she gets the top score on every test. Jessica Chen is so beautiful people stop in the hallway to stare at her. Jessica Chen is so perfect she got into Harvard.   And Jenna Chen will only ever be a disappointment.   So when Jenna makes a desperate wish to become her cousin, the last thing she expects is for it to come true—literally. All of a sudden she gets to live the life she’s always dreamed of . . . but being the model student at cutthroat Havenwood Private Academy isn’t quite what she’d imagined. Worse, people seem to be forgetting that someone named Jenna Chen ever existed. 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That is until her parents grow tired of her broken Mandarin      and zero regard for etiquette, and send her on an intensive two-week      travel program across China.         There's a competition running throughout the program where the      winning duo will receive a glowing letter of recommendation to the      college of their dreams. Leah is forced to partner up with her      former classmate and least favourite person ever: cynical, sarcastic      Cyrus, who's somehow only gotten more annoyingly handsome.         But the deeper they wander into China's provinces, the deeper      Leah finds herself falling in love - with the boy she thought she      despised, the home she never thought she'd call her own, and the      parts of herself she thought were already lost.               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Slow burn with real flames: Ares and Chanel fall for each other as the threat of an actual fire tears them apart.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483321999733,"sku":"9781335014115","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781335014115.jpg?v=1786178458"},{"product_id":"to-dream-in-darkness","title":"To Dream in Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo gods strike a bargain that leads them on a journey with devastating consequences in this lush historical fantasy from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Ann Liang.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lyrical, heart-wrenching and gloriously romantic. 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Would you love me in every life? Sylvia had her whole life scripted: a happily ever after with her boyfriend, Laurence. When he dies suddenly, Sylvia feels like her story is over. But then one day she stumbles upon a parallel world where Laurence is alive—and barely knows her name. Certain she can make him fall for her all over again, Sylvia sets about recreating their love story, scene by scene, and finds herself falling in love all over again, too. But all stories, even the best love stories, must come to a close. 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