
When the Time Comes to Light a Fire
Gem City, Book 4
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Nicole Campbell
About this listen
There comes a time in every girl’s life when she is faced with a troubling question: What have I done?
Sixteen-year-old Vanessa Roberts is quickly learning how to deal with her annoying pretty-boy lab partner, her incredibly ADD best friend, and the seemingly widening gap between her and her mother. Zack Roads should have been everything she deserved. He is more than just a nice distraction; he is also the cause for every envious glance shot Vanessa’s way as she enters her sophomore year at Gem City High.
What happens when she finds herself amid a storm of hope, regret, and the danger of losing herself along the way?
Fans have come to love Vanessa as the sharp-tongued best friend in What Comes of Eating Doughnuts with a Boy Who Plays Guitar and How One Attempts to Chase Gravity, and they now have the chance to see her transformation through her own tough choices and mistakes.
This audiobook can be listened to as a stand-alone without having listened to the other novels in the Gem City series.
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