First published 2023
Coley arrives in rural Oregon at seventeen, grieving her mother's death and facing another unwanted relocation. The summer stretches ahead with familiar loneliness until she encounters Sonya. The connection sparks immediately, but Coley carries the weight of abandonment. Everyone she has loved has disappeared from her life. She questions whether she deserves love at all. Sonya brings her own fears to their relationship. She has never been with a girl before and struggles with showing up authentically for Coley. Both girls face a choice between protecting themselves and risking vulnerability. Coley must decide if opening her heart again is worth the potential devastation. Sonya must choose between safety and truth. Their fears threaten to make them smaller versions of themselves. Only by accepting the love they both fear and crave can they understand what it means to be worthy of being loved in return.
Genres: romance, contemporary, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, second-chance
Setting: Oregon, Rural Oregon
Period: Summer
320 pages · Hardcover · Wednesday Books
Content warnings: mental-illness