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by Joe Six-Pack

Color Illustrations by Joe Six-Pack

A "Teens Transformed" Story

Derek and Cole grew up next door to each other. They had no real goals in life, except to grow up. They would, but in very different ways neither could have guessed.

Derek’s crush on his other neighbor, the beautiful Laura is unrequited, because she only likes to hang out with big, dumb jocks.

His best friend, Cole, has just been through a nasty divorce and the loss of his father. Cole’s mother moves in to care for him, and brings her sister Virginia to help out.

As the days and weeks pass, Derek becomes slowly aware that Cole’s aunt and mother are taking over his friend’s life. They force him to work at the family business, a wedding boutique. They change the way he dresses, they keep him indoors for mysterious reasons and they cut him off from Derek.

Cole starts out just helping in the back of the store, then he’s selling wedding packages. Then he’s a stand-in at a wedding – as the bride.

Derek realizes that his friend is losing control of his life. Cole’s mother and aunt have decided they have no tolerance for a man under their roof, and they’re going to make sure Cole fits their tastes, using any means possible.

What can Derek do to stop them?

This book features illustrations re-drawn in 2021.