“A heartwarming tale featuring found family and a passionate and supportive love…” —Amazon Review
Kilah Jones and Kylie Bennett were each other’s first loves when they were teenagers. They started dating in 10th grade and their feelings for each other only grew as the years passed. One of their favorite pastimes was planning out their futures together and looking forward to all the wonderful experiences yet to come. To Kilah, being with Kylie felt like a dream come true. She never imagined being with anyone else and she was confident that she’d never have to be.
But you know what they say about trying to plan out the future…
Kilah’s world comes crashing down around her the summer before they were meant to start their 3rd year of college when Kylie reveals that she was moving away to attend a school out of the country. Before she could protest, Kylie was gone, leaving nothing behind but a devastated Kilah.
Kilah was heartbroken because she couldn’t understand what had changed between them so suddenly. Kylie never explained anything and instead went no contact for months until one day she hit her up, wanting to reconnect. However, Kilah was furious and refused to talk to her until Kylie eventually stopped trying to contact her.
Fast forward 12 years later, Kylie suddenly moves back to town and Kilah’s world is flipped upside down yet again. She vows that this time, she will protect her heart and tries her hardest to avoid her. But the feelings between them are still stronger than ever and every time they cross paths, it’s hard to ignore that magnetic pull between them.
Then one day, they decide that they can’t avoid each other forever and finally sit down to have that conversation they’ve both longed for for years.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Aricka Alexander (Arii A.) is an author from Louisiana who has been writing fiction stories and poems for over 15 years now. Ever since middle school, she has always had a love for reading and writing. In 7th grade, she started writing poetry, and that quickly transitioned into writing short stories over the next year. By the time she was 15, she’d written her first full-length novel. For years, she would write stories off and on until she took a step back. In early 2023, she found her love for writing and has written and self-published over 13 books since then, working toward releasing more in the future and expanding her catalog. Most of her books fall into the categories of either Young Adult Romance or Queer Adult Romance. When she’s not writing, she enjoys catching up on the latest movies and rooting for her favorite WNBA teams. Aricka also identifies as part of the LGBTQ+ community and wrote her first sapphic love story in 2023. Her goal is and always has been to empower and inspire teens, young adults, and adults with her stories, just like how she was inspired by the books she read back in high school all those years ago.
