That night on the phone winds up being the first in a series of candid, sometimes heated, always surprising conversations that lead to a long-distance friendship and then-slowly-to something more. So he says the worst thing he can think of and hangs up. The last thing he has time for is some privileged rich girl preaching the sanctity of the political process. But everything changes when one of those calls connects her to a stranger from small-town Ohio.Ĭolby is stuck in a rut, reeling from a family tragedy and working a dead-end job.
Meg has her entire life set up perfectly: she and her best friend, Emily, plan to head to Cornell together in the fall, and she works at a voter registration call center in her Philadelphia suburb. But to move forward after losing Maggie, Corinne will have to learn to be honest with the people in her life…starting with herself. And to make things even more complicated, the only person she can turn to is Elissa-Maggie’s ex, and the single person who understands how Corinne is feeling.Īs Corinne struggles to make sense of her grief and what she truly wants out of life, she begins to have feelings for the last person she should fall for.
There are two things that Corinne Parker knows to be true: that she is in love with Maggie Bailey, the captain of the rival high school’s cross-country team and her secret girlfriend of a year, and that she isn’t ready for anyone to know she’s bisexual.īut then Maggie dies, and Corinne quickly learns that the only thing worse than losing Maggie is being left heartbroken over a relationship no one knows existed. Which, of course, is when things get properly complicated.
But as they discover who they are, who they want to be, and how to defy the deafening expectations of everyone else, Lee and Pab turn to each other. at the bodega in the dead of winter it’s absurd to think they’d be A Thing. She graduated from child stardom to become an international icon and her adult life is a queasy blur of private planes, step-and-repeats, aspirational hotel rooms, and strangers screaming for her just to notice them. Pop juggernaut Leanna Smart has enough social media followers to populate whole continents. Never mind the state of his student loans. Plus, he’s up to his eyeballs in credit card debt. His graveyard shift at a twenty-four-hour deli in Brooklyn is a struggle. On paper, college dropout Pablo Rind doesn’t have a whole lot going for him. Though the chemistry between Kiran and Deen is undeniable, can either of them take down their walls? Deen just wants his brother to be happy-and he’ll do whatever it takes to keep Kiran from reaching the truth. Until Deen ghosted Kiran.Īnd now, after discovering hints of Faisal’s shady past, Kiran will stop at nothing to find answers. Three years ago-before Amira and Faisal met-Kiran and Deen dated in secret. When the families meet, Deen and Kiran find themselves face to face. Maybe a new love will give Faisal a new lease on life, and Deen can stop feeling guilty for the reason that Faisal needs a do-over in the first place. But when Amira announces that she’s dating someone, Kiran’s world is turned upside down.ĭeen Malik is thrilled that his brother, Faisal, has found a great girlfriend. Two exes must revisit their past after their siblings start dating in this rom-com perfect for fans of Sandhya Menon and Morgan Matson.Īfter Kiran Noorani’s mom died, Kiran vowed to keep her dad and sister, Amira, close-to keep her family together. It All Comes Back to You by Farah Naz Rishi
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