Lee and Leanne were twins - born to British parents in South America where their father was employed by the oil industry. After the double tragedy of seeing her husband murdered and baby daughter dying, mother and remaining son return to Britain, where life becomes bleak for both.

In this book Tanya Allan changes direction.

No spies, cops, aliens or mystical transformations. This is a tale of one person’s journey from a dark place to a place of sunshine and hope. Although too young to know his sister, Lee is convinced that she is part of him – the stronger part. Rejecting his birth gender, we join the new Leanne on her journey from being someone or something she despised, in a dysfunctional home, to being closer to the person she feels she ought to be.

Badger’s is a night club that employs only attractive girls who undertake startling displays of dexterity behind the bars. Indeed, unknowingly, they now employ a boy, admittedly one who looks, sounds and feels like a girl.

Badger’s gives the new Leanne a step up, giving her the boost she needs to become the person she knows she should be. With her eyes set on becoming a teacher, she meets some colourful characters along the way. There’s Kathy, a fellow bar-girl who likes boys who look like girls. There’s Adam, a young man with whom Leanne falls in and out of Love. There’s Jessica, her life-long friend who knew about Lee’s secret before anyone else – that she was really Leanne.

Finally, there’s Leanne herself – she holds a secret that not even she was aware of.
She joins Jessica on a holiday in the USA. In America, Leanne meets a man who will change her life forever, sending her to a whole new world - almost literally.

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