Promposal (24 page)

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(as Rhonda Stapleton)

This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Interior designed by Tom Daly

The text of this book was set in Cantoria MT Std.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Helms, Rhonda.

Promposal / Rhonda Helms. — First Simon Pulse edition.

p. cm.

Summary: Camilla hopes her secret crush, Benjamin, might ask her to prom but feels pressured into accepting the invitation of a casual acquaintance, and Joshua has worked up the courage to ask his best friend, Ethan, to be his date when Ethan asks his help in crafting the perfect “promposal” for another boy.

[1. Dating (Social customs)—Fiction. 2. Proms—Fiction. 3. High school—Fiction.

4. Schools—Fiction. 5. Gays—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.H375927Pro 2015 [Fic]—dc23 2014022769

ISBN 978-1-4814-2232-1 (hc)

ISBN 978-1-4814-2231-4 (pbk)

ISBN 978-1-4814-2233-8 (eBook)