THE LAYERS BENEATH US
PROJECT ON HOLD
Two boys with nothing in common. Eight days in the great outdoors. Who the hell thought this was a good idea?
Alex Florent is a self-professed nerd who isn’t afraid to speak his mind. Quick-witted, sarcastic, and somewhat dramatic, he’s determined to stand up for those who are different and return the smile to his big sister’s face. His own truth can wait…even if the secret he carries grows heavier by the day.
Ryan Nguyen is popular, talented, and completely stuck. Sure, he’s a scholarship kid on track to make the next Olympics, but what does that matter when his parents resent each other, his best friend is a bully, and the sport he once loved is now nothing but a source of misery?
When Alex and Ryan are thrown together on a school hiking trip, it’s a disaster in the making. Alex doesn’t think much of Ryan. Ryan doesn’t understand Alex at all. But as they journey along the rugged Victorian coast, their involuntary partnership turns into something else. Something that makes them question everything they know about each other—and themselves.
For how can you ever truly understand anyone until you unearth all the layers beneath?
