A Dream for Winter (Stick Shift Lips #6)
Maria Bernard

Carlie
Boy or a girl, straight or gay, goth or not? Who is he and where does he come from?
What is his story and what's with all the black? He hides in corners, and makes no eye contact. He slinks in the shadows, with no place to go. He doesn't think I see him, but I do. I don't feel quite so alone, when he follows me home.
Sage
The world is dreary and my cold heart is weary. Reasons for living are far and few. Much of my world had died and gone. Only blackness and rage live on. My sole purpose is my music. My guitar, my only friend. This world doesn't understand me. I don't belong.
Until the girl with the red mittens,
came along.
Sage is a mystery even onto himself. The world doesn't understand him, and that's just fine as far as he's concerned.
Carlie dreams of Christmas trees and family dinners. On her own for the first time, she dreads the long and lonely nights of winter.
When their contrasting worlds collide, they find in each other what they lack on their own… acceptance.