By
DomLuka, in Fiction. 12/27/2010 (Updated: 12/27/2010)
Genres:
General Fiction,
Romance,
Sub-genres:
Coming of Age,
Contemporary Romance
teen
oral
coming of age
parents
contemporary
death
high school
slow-burn
fish out of water
found family
After his mother’s death, sixteen-year-old Rory is sent to Arizona to live with the father he’s never known. Angry, grieving, and completely out of place, he expects nothing from the desert except heat and disappointment. Instead, he finds family, truth, and the possibility of first love. But learning to belong means facing the past—and risking his heart.
