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Informationen zum Autor Angela Darling was nicknamed "The Love Guru” by her friends in school because she always gave such awesome advice on crushes. And Angela's own first crush worked out pretty well... They have been married for almost ten years now! When Angela isn't busy reading romance novels, she works as an editor in New York City. She knows deep down that every story can't possibly have a happy ending, but the incurable romantic in her can't help but always look for the silver lining in every cloud. Klappentext Maddie arrives at camp cross, cranky, and ready for one long, hot summer. But then she spies Gabriel, beautiful Gabriel, with a British accent to boot. chapter 1 “MOM, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO TURN LEFT, NOT right!” Maddie Jacobs said impatiently as her mother turned down a lonely looking dirt road. “Recalculating,” announced the cool computer voice of the GPS. “See? I told you!” Maddie said. Mrs. Jacobs brushed a strand of brown hair from her face. “I’m just doing what the stupid machine told me to, Maddie,” her mom explained in a voice filled with frustration. “Actually, that is not what the stupid machine told you to do,” Maddie pointed out. “By the time we get to camp, the season will be over!” Her mother gripped the wheel. “Maddie, I’m doing my best, okay? Just let me concentrate.” Maddie leaned back in her seat and resisted the urge to make another comment. Mom had been such a mess since Maddie’s father died in the fall. Losing Dad had been hard on everybody, but her mom just didn’t seem to be getting any better. It sounded harsh, but sometimes Maddie wished she would just get it together already. Sighing, Maddie turned to look out the window. Camp was an hour and a half away from home, in the woods of Pennsylvania. The roads were lined with green trees, and the sky above was a perfect July blue. But looking at the familiar scenery only made Maddie feel sad. When Dad was alive, the trip to camp had been one of the most fun parts of the whole summer. Dad would sing songs that he’d learned at camp when he was a kid, and he’d roll down the windows and they’d all sing along with him loudly. Then he’d make corny jokes about camp, and even though he told the same ones every year, Maddie would still crack up. “Why did the camper put a snake in the other camper’s bed?” Dad would ask, and Maddie would pretend she didn’t know the answer. “Why?” she would say. “Because she couldn’t find a frog!” Dad would finish, and he and Maddie would laugh while her mom rolled her eyes—but she was always smiling. Then when they got to camp, he would give Maddie the biggest, tightest good-bye hug ever, and he would even pretend to cry, making all her camp friends laugh. In truth Maddie was always a little sad when her parents left, but she never missed them for long because her dad always left a funny note hidden somewhere that Maddie would find—under her pillow or tucked in her slipper or even in the pocket of her bathrobe. Her throat tightened as she thought about the fact that there wouldn’t be a note this year. She started to tear up, and she turned to the window to make sure her mom wouldn’t see her. After a deep breath, Maddie glanced at the clock. It was 11:03, and she started to feel anxious. Check-in had started an hour ago, and the girls who checked in first got to pick their beds first. If she didn’t get to sleep near Liza, Libby, and Emily, her best camp friends, it would be terrible. I’ll probably end up with a bed next to the shower or the bathroom or something , she thought gloomily. Liza had said she would try to save her a bed, but they weren’t supposed to do that, so Maddie was sure she’d be stuck. She wouldn’t be surprised, considering how things had been going wrong ever since last night. After Maddie had packed her duffel bag with everything she needed for six we...
