Sexual Awakening

Before she was the rock star's wife, Cassandra was a young woman discovering who she really was. Sexual Awakening, the first book in The Rock Star's Wife series, follows Cassandra during her high school years, a time of first love, quiet rebellion and the raw, confusing beauty of desire. Navigating friendship, family expectations and her own yearning for independence, Cassandra learns that love is never simple — and passion even less so. Her choices set her on a path toward heartbreak, self-discovery and the kind of awakening that changes everything. Set in the 1990s and brimming with emotion and sensual honesty, Sexual Awakening is both a coming-of-age story and an intimate exploration of how a woman learns to claim her identity, emotionally, romantically and sexually. For readers who love emotional women's fiction with a sensual edge, Sexual Awakening begins the sweeping journey of The Rock Star's Wife series, spanning one woman's life from youth to maturity and every heartbreak and triumph in between. She wonders why her brother Chris gets showered in love and affection after becoming a father at 25, when she and her sister, Vanessa, aren't even allowed to date before they're his age. And she'd rather go see Nirvana play live in Chicago than attend her homecoming dance. Perfect for fans of Now Is Not the Time to Panic and The Perks of Being a Wallflower, this series-starter traces the social entanglements of the Economos sisters and their friends — from bodice-rippers and bad sex to secret boyfriends and matters of consent — through Cassie's diary entries from 1993 to '97.