Ugly

by C.R. Sturgill

Josh, a good looking, popular high school student, meets his new neighbor, Emily, over summer break. She is homely, a little overweight, and doesn't compare to the beautiful, popular girls he dates. Yet he finds himself falling for her charm, wit, and personality and looking past her physical appearance. But when the school year begins, and he's back with his old clique, he doesn't know if he can afford to be seen with a girl like Emily. Will he dump Emily for the next pretty girl on his list or risk his status and friends to pursue true beauty?

16 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 3, 2015

About the author

C. R. Sturgill, a Transportation Manager by day and writer by night, lives in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. He is married, with one son who currently attends college at U.C. Berkeley.

DREAMS FROM THE HEART: TALES OF HOPE & LOVE—a collection of short stories exploring romance, love, and family—was his first book and dedicated to his mother, and biggest supporter, who succumbed to pancreatic cancer in 2012. He donates all the proceeds from that book to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

His latest book, FANTASY WORLD, is a young adult science fiction/fantasy novel. He has also published SEA OF HEARTS, a young adult historical romance novel, and BLOOD TIDES, a historical fiction novel. While he is genre agnostic, he seeks to write books that entertain as well as explore deeper themes of life, love, and family.