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Nice.
Wouldn't hurt a fly.

This is exactly how everyone sees Alta Fernandez and she's sick of it. Granted, they aren't wrong. She is sweet, she makes it a point to be kind, and who would want to hurt living creatures anyway, right?

For as long as she can remember, Alta has been the “nice one” in the family. Now, no matter how much she grows up and out of those confining roles, no one seems to see her as more than that. And as a member of a family that keeps doing amazing things, she's tired of being known as just the nice one.

Enter Augustus Harper. He's nice, he can be sweet, and he doesn't make a terrible habit of stomping out flies. But he also doesn't take any strife from anyone. Anyone but Alta, that is, when he offers to teach her how to stand up for herself and be loud when it comes to showing people the real her.

Older, tattooed, and one of her most... trying clients, there are many reasons why Gus Harper becoming her impromptu teacher is a bad idea. But Alta is suddenly sick of being the good one, and if someone is finally offering to take her seriously, who is she to say no?

Even if it means her heart might become part of the lesson plan?

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