About This Book
As if the stress of trying to decide what to major in when she starts college next year isn't enough, Jess is surprised and embarrassed to suddenly find herself unable to stop thinking about kissing and being with her flirty science lab partner, Jaime - another girl After a brief bout of depression from trying to understand her feelings, and with the help of her lifelong best friend, Hayley, Jess accepts she is gay and stops judging herself. Accepting who she is makes her feel hopeful and more confident. Her new found awareness of "self" allows Jess to humor the idea that she might actually be able to have what she wants - Jaime. The journey to discovering who they are is full of pain, but also deep passion. The ending may not be what they imagined, but in the end, they both discover their true selves and learn true love can heal all pains. Love Triumphs Pain is a coming of age story of a young woman that has a brief struggle with accepting that she has feelings for another girl and understanding that it does not make her a bad person. When Jess decides to follow her heart, the gates of lust, passion, love, betrayal, and compassion open and flood her world more powerfully than the depression she had felt before. This story is full of real life joys and pains that everyone can relate to, complex characters, humor, and passion.
