First published 2017
Lucy meets Gabe during their senior year at Columbia University on a day that transforms both their lives. They share a vision of making their lives matter and mean something significant. When they reconnect a year later, their reunion feels like destiny. Perhaps they will discover life's purpose together. But Gabe accepts assignments as a photojournalist covering the Middle East while Lucy builds her career in New York City. Their choices pull them in different directions across thirteen years filled with ambition, longing, jealousy, and betrayal. Distance separates them by continents, yet they remain connected in ways that transcend geography. Lucy faces a decision that will change everything. She must examine their entire relationship from the beginning to understand whether fate brought them together or whether their own choices have kept them apart. Their story becomes a question of destiny versus free will, played out across years of separation and reunion.
Genres: romance, literary-fiction, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance-romance
Setting: Columbia University, Middle East, New York City
Period: 13 years
328 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Content warnings: emotional-abuse