First published 2019
Charity Royall lives in a stifling mountain village, trapped between provincial constraints and her own restless spirit. When a sophisticated architect arrives from Boston, he awakens her hunger for experience beyond her narrow world. Their passionate affair promises escape—but small-town secrets and brutal social hierarchies threaten to destroy everything. As summer intensifies, Charity must choose between conformity and a perilous independence. Her choice will cost her everything she knows.
Genres: romance, american-fiction, 20th-century, adult-fiction, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, forbidden-romance
Setting: New York
Period: 19th-Century, 20th-Century
160 pages · Paperback · Penguin Classics