New York Times bestselling author and “ the biggest literary phenom of her generation” (Cosmopolitan) Anna Todd returns with a moving and empowering new romance about a sheltered young woman whose life transforms during a summer in Majorca with a mysterious local.
When twenty-two-year-old Oriah (Ry) Pera learns that her mother’ s job is relocating them to Majorca, she knows this summer could be the start of her very own coming-of-age story. Between chronic health issues and her mother’ s overprotective tendencies, Ry feels like she’ s stuck waiting for her life to begin.
In her first small act of rebellion, she heads off to the beach alone and meets an infuriatingly charming Spaniard. Juliá n makes Ry feel even more naive and inexperienced than she normally does, but she can’ t tamp down her growing attraction.
As the summer continues, Juliá n pulls Ry out of her shell and into the adventures she’ s always craved. But with her return to America looming, Ry must decide if she’ s brave enough to finally follow her heart and live for herself.