Shockingly, approximately one in five women and one in seven men first experience rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner between the ages of 11 and 17. The Head and The Heart is the fictionalized story of such abuse in the teen LGBT world. Mallory McClarin is one of those high-schoolers who appears to have it all together, but she has a secret: she's gay. She's done a good job of hiding it until she discovers Lacy Randolph-the most openly-gay-and-proud-of-it girl at Orange County High School. Mallory comes out of the closet to be with the girl of her dreams only to find herself in a living nightmare. This is a story of one women's discovery that love is not abuse. If you have a passion for social justice, or just enjoy a good story about the human condition, read The Head and The Heart. Friends, parents, teachers, and supporters of LGBT youth will gain a better understanding of the struggles and intricacies of relationship abuse, an issue of concern to all humanity.