From the NAACP Image Awardânominated author of Happily Ever Afters comes a heartfelt and hilarious dual POV YA rom-com about Reggie and Delilah, who fall in love through missed connections and chance meetings on holidays over the course of a year. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jenny Han, with crossover appeal for readers of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert romances.
Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. She goes with the flowâwhich is how she ends up singing in her friends' punk band as a favor, even though she'd prefer to hide at the merch table.
Reggie is a D&D Dungeon Master and self-declared Blerd. He spends his free time leading quests and writing essays critiquing the game under a pseudonym, keeping it all under wraps from his disapproving family.
In this charming Black love story, these two opposites attract and meet for the first time on New Year's Eve. And then again on Valentine's Day. And then again on St. Patrick's Day. It's almost like the universe is pushing them together for a reason.
Delilah wishes she were more like Reggieâopen about what she likes and who she is, even if it's not cool. Except . . . it's all a front. Reggie is just role-playing someone confident. The kind of guy who could be with a girl like Delilah.
As their year of chance holiday meetings continue, the two begin to fall for each other. But what happens once they realize they've each fallen for a version of the other that doesn't really exist?
- Chance Meetings: A punk singer and a D&D Dungeon Master keep bumping into each other on New Year's, Valentine's, and St. Patrick's Day. Is it fate, or just a coincidence?
- Secret Identities: Delilah is pretending to be a confident frontwoman, and Reggie is role-playing the cool guy he wishes he could be. They're perfect for each other... except they've only met the characters, not the real people.
- Finding Your Voice: As Delilah learns to own the stage and Reggie embraces his inner Blerd, they have to figure out if they can love the person the other is becoming.
- A Sweet YA Romance: Perfect for fans of heartfelt and funny stories about identity, family, and falling in love when you least expect it.