The brilliant contemporary romance novel debut from Yulin Kuang the acclaimed screenwriter of Emily Henrys People We Meet on Vacation and director of the forthcoming Beach Read feature film. Helen Zhang hasnt seen Grant Shepard once in the thirteen years since the tragic accident that bound their lives together forever. Now a bestselling author Helen pours everything into her career. Shes even scored a coveted spot in the writers room of the TV adaptation of her popular young adult novels and if she can hide her imposter syndrome and overcome her writers block surely the rest of her life will fall into place too. LA is the fresh start she needs. After all no one knows her there. Except... Grant has done everything in his power to move on from the past including building a life across the country. And while the panic attacks have never quite gone away hes well liked around town as a screenwriter. He knows he shouldnt have taken the job on Helens show but it will open doors to developing his own projects that he just cant pass up. Grants exactly as Helen remembers him--charming funny popular and lovable in ways that shes never been. And Helens exactly as Grant remembers too--brilliant beautiful closed off. But working together is messy and electrifying and Helens parents who have never forgiven Grant have no idea hes in the picture at all. When secrets come to light they must reckon with the fact that theirs was never meant to be any kind of love story. And yet... the key to making peace with their past--and themselves--might just lie in holding on to each other in the present.
