The Reading Warehouse

Music was Ruby's first love, but did it ever love her back? After a nightmare audition at the music school where her famous father teaches, the answer to this question is unavoidable. And so, it seems, is Oscar Bell. Musical genius, YouTube sensation, and her dad's new prot g , Oscar is the last person Ruby needs in her life. Being around him feels dangerously like being with her first love again--except music never kissed her like this. Oscar is falling for Ruby too, but he knows how it'll look to the ultra-privileged, ultra-white world of classical music--a Black guy dating his mentor's white daughter. As the New York City summer heats up, though, so does the spark between them. Can two people still figuring themselves out figure out how to be together? And will Ruby get over her first love in time to save what she has with her second?

Delightful...Hits all the right notes. --Mackenzi Lee, author of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
Seriously swoony...I loved it. --Rachel Hawkins, author of Royals
Sweet and intense... An] engrossing romance with a social conscience. --Kirkus
Utterly romantic. --Tanaz Bhathena, author of A Girl Like That
Full of heart and humor. It crackles with energy. --Kelly Loy Gilbert, author of Picture Us in the Light
Timely and romantic. --Publishers Weekly
Beautiful, heartfelt, aware, and raw. --Lauren Gibaldi, author of This Tiny Perfect World
Thoughtful, nuanced. --Booklist