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Perfect on Paper – Sophie Gonzales

Darcy Phillips is the secret cure to everyone’s love problems. As the anonymous figurehead behind Locker 89, Darcy collects letters–and cash–from her classmates, providing thoroughly researched answers via email.

It seems like a perfect system to genuinely help people (and make money), until Darcy is caught red-handed opening the locker by Alexander Brougham, a cocky and reserved member of the school’s swim team who’s been recently dumped.

In exchange for his silence, Darcy agrees to be his personal dating coach to help win back his ex-girlfriend. But as the two grow closer, Darcy begins to question what she thought she wanted and what she thought she knew about herself.

Perfect on Paper is a sweet and funny enemies to lovers romance perfect for readers looking for more bisexual representation in their young adult books this summer.

The official synopsis reads:

"Her advice, spot on. Her love life, way off. Darcy Phillips: Can give you the solution to any of your relationship woes—for a fee. Uses her power for good. Most of the time. Really cannot stand Alexander Brougham. Has maybe not the best judgment when it comes to her best friend, Brooke…who is in love with someone else. Does not appreciate being blackmailed. However, when Brougham catches her in the act of collecting letters from locker 89—out of which she’s been running her questionably legal, anonymous relationship advice service—that’s exactly what happens. In exchange for keeping her secret, Darcy begrudgingly agrees to become his personal dating coach—at a generous hourly rate, at least. The goal? To help him win his ex-girlfriend back. Darcy has a good reason to keep her identity secret. If word gets out that she’s behind the locker, some things she’s not proud of will come to light, and there’s a good chance Brooke will never speak to her again. Okay, so all she has to do is help an entitled, bratty, (annoyingly hot) guy win over a girl who’s already fallen for him once? What could go wrong?"

Perfect on Paper is available now wherever books are sold.