Publisher's Synopsis
After the devastating unexpected loss of her high school sweetheart during the junior year. Amanda Yates is ready for a new beginning. Feeling the urge to run since the sudden death, Amanda yearns to be anywhere besides Crooked Lake, Florida. Seeing his face wherever she goes makes the desire to be somewhere else grow daily. The only thing preventing a fresh beginning is the impending senior year. Painfully coming to the realization that life must proceed without her love Wes, Amanda is determined to solely focus on academics to navigate through her agonizing grief. This may prove to be impossible with a pushy best friend. A girl who desperately desires to build their popularity on the social scale. Along with Reed Smithers suddenly introducing himself into her life. A guy everyone loves, except Amanda. Will the charming, handsome Reed be able to convince Amanda to give love another chance? Her parents are keeping their fingers crossed. Preferring their only daughter to stay close, the overprotective twosome take an instant liking to Reed. Which Amanda finds a mystery within itself. Along with the odd circumstances surrounding Wes's death, Amanda cannot grasp her love took his own life. There are secrets hiding amongst the small town. Will the discovery of the truth mend Amanda's broken heart? Can Reed replace the emptiness Wesley left deep in her soul? In search of herself, will Amanda give up the impulse to leave with Reed's entrance into her life. Or will Amanda choose to be always the Unofficial.
