YA Romance | Ages 13+
Before Harvard, Frankie Lu gets one summer in Taipei to find herself and maybe love in a truce with her lifelong nemesis, Theo Gao.
Comes out February 2, 2027
Frankie Lu doesnβt get to have fun.
True, sheβs got a best friend and nice enough parents and she even had a boyfriend onceβ¦ but sheβs got her regrets. Between studying, extracurriculars, and Chinese school on the weekends, she may have gotten into Harvard, but she didnβt exactly live the teenage dream.
Now Frankieβs spending the last summer before college with her grandparents in Taiwan. And this time, sheβs going alone. Well, not completely alone. Heading to Taipei, Frankie finds herself seated beside her lifelong nemesis, Theo Gao. Sheβs sure itβs going to be a looong flight. And when he accidentally sends a message exposing her crush on his best friend, Frankie demands payment. Theoβs going to help her impress Nickβ¦ or else.
But the more time Theo and Frankie spend together, the more excitingβand confusingβher life becomes. Because Theo is more than who she thought he was. And Frankie is starting to wonder (just maybe) if she is, too.

