She thought finishing her father's work would be the hardest part of her semester. Then she met Eli Mercer.
At twenty-one, Mara Keene is trying to keep up with college while everyone around her seems to know how she should grieve. Turning her late father's unfinished recordings into an exhibition gives her something concrete to do. Find the people he interviewed. Listen to their stories. Finish what he started.
Working with Eli should make that easier.
He's gorgeous, funny, and quietly capable. He remembers the little things. He makes her laugh when she least expects to. And somewhere between late editing sessions and trips beyond their Chicago campus, Mara starts looking forward to more than getting the project done.
For Eli, being wanted has always come easily. Being honest when it might disappoint someone is harder. With Mara, he wants something worth keeping. But old habits don't disappear just because the right person comes along.
As the recordings reveal uncomfortable truths about her father, Mara finds herself questioning someone she thought she knew completely. Then a moment with another woman leaves her questioning Eli, too.
The explanation matters. So does everything that happened before it.
With the exhibition deadline approaching and their futures pulling in different directions, Mara and Eli must decide whether they can make room for each other's mistakes without losing themselves.
The Shape of Almost is an emotional, dual-POV new adult romance about slow-building attraction, grief, jealousy, and learning to trust. This is the first novel in a planned two-book story following the same couple. Their relationship remains unresolved at the end and continues in the next volume.
