Blue Sky Black

Zelda never stopped loving Ari. She just got better at pretending she was over him. Then she ran into him again on the last normal morning in America.

By the end of the day, he was missing along with her best friend.

Now Zelda is searching the wreckage of September 11th for two people: her best friend, Charlie, and the man she thought she'd lost long before the towers fell.

As teenagers, Zelda and her best friend, Charlie, had been trying to escape Philadelphia for as long as they could remember. Ari was never part of that plan-until he walked into the pawn shop where Zelda worked and refused to leave her alone.

They fell in love too young. They fell apart too fast.

Six years later, September 11th puts them face to face on a Manhattan street, hours before the world changes forever. When the towers fall, Zelda survives and realizes Charlie and Ari were both inside and are missing.

She has to find them both.

Perfect for readers who love: Emotionally devastating love stories · Second chance romance · Slow burn with heat · Dual timeline · Found family · Female ambition · Yearning · Book Club Fiction

Steam: 🌶🌶🌶 Open-door emotionally driven intimacy with explicit detail

Content note: Depictions of September 11, 2001, grief and loss

Lea Vale is one of a kind! I can't wait to dive in! ― Callie Hart author of Quicksilver and Brimstone

Devastating in the best ways. A sweeping and tender love story about two teenagers, the people who shaped them, and the friendships that carry us through unimaginable loss. I couldn't put it down. ― Rachel Kanter, Owner and Founder of Lovestruck Books & Cafe

A masterful blend of contemporary romance, fiction, and elements of nonfiction ― Goodreads Reviewer

The yearning, the payoff. The drama. SO GOOD. 10/10 recommend ― BookSirens Advanced Reviewer

Blue Sky Black touched me and wrecked me all at the same time. ― Goodreads Reviewer