Heart Bones: A Novel is an emotional contemporary romance about two young adults whose worlds could not be more different, colliding on a Texas peninsula one summer.
After a childhood marked by poverty and neglect in Kentucky, Beyah Grim finally earns a fresh start with a full scholarship to Penn State. Just months before she can leave her past behind, an unexpected death upends everything, leaving her homeless and sending her to live with the distant father she barely knows.
In Texas, Beyah meets Samson, the wealthy, guarded neighbour who seems to embody a life of comfort she has never known. Determined to keep her head down until summer ends, she resists the pull between them—until their connection becomes impossible to ignore. They agree to keep things casual, a fleeting summer fling before they go their separate ways.
As Beyah and Samson navigate class differences, buried hurts, and the uncertainty of their futures, what begins in the shallow end deepens into something neither of them expected.
Themes
- Class differences and economic hardship
- Family estrangement and reconnection
- First love and second chances
- Grief, resilience, and starting over