Stepping Stones - Kaitlyn Henson

Josie has always been temporary. The friend people outgrow, the girlfriend they leave behind when someone better comes along. She's spent four years making herself small for a boyfriend who never quite chose her back, and she's almost convinced herself that's enough. Then she meets Parker. Quirky, persistent, and impossible to ignore, Parker sees something in Josie that she stopped looking for in herself. What starts as an unlikely friendship slowly pulls her toward a version of college, and a version of herself, she never knew existed. But with her plans back home becoming unavoidable, Josie has to choose between the life she's always settled for and the one she's only just begun to build. Walking away means losing everything she thought she wanted. Staying means risking everything on someone who might actually choose her back.