Between You, Me, and the Honeybees

Authentic and heartwarming. Laura Taylor Namey, New York Times bestselling author of A Cuban Girls Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

Perfect for fans of Jenn Bennett and Sarah Dessen, this swoon-worthy novel follows a teen girl during her California summer of beekeeping, secrets, and stolen kisses.

Josie Hazeldine has just graduated from high school, and shes ready for a summer full of sunshine, beekeeping, andlying to her mom.

Josies mom couldnt be more proud of her daughter going to college, something she never got to do. But Josie wants to stay in her California hometown and take over the family business, Hazeldine Honey. So that college acceptance her mom is thrilled about? Yeah, Josie turned it down. But shes going to come cleanjust not yet.

The neighbors artsy, adorable grandson whos in town for the summer makes Josies web of lies even more tangled. Hes into Josie and the feeling is very mutual, but hes a Blumsteinthe sworn enemy of the Hazeldines and their number one competition in the annual Honey Show at the end of July. As their secret fling goes on, Josie knows shes getting in way too deep to leave him behind when summers over.

Can Josie keep the boy she cant stop thinking about without the secrets shes juggling crashing down around her? See more