From the acclaimed author of Georgie All Along and Love Lettering a pitch-perfect radiantly transporting love story about an unexpected road trip true crime obsessions and hard won vulnerability... Poignant observant tender and deeply romantic. Clayborn takes what she does best and goes deeper deftly braiding mystery and family drama with an absorbing romance in her trademark lyrical voice. This book is everything.--CHRISTINA LAUREN New York Times bestselling authors of The True Love Experiment Hairstylist Jess Greene has spent the last decade raising her younger half-sister Tegan--and keeping a shocking secret. Ever since their reckless mother ran off with a boyfriend shed known only a few months Jess has been aware that hes the same accomplished con man who was the subject of a wildly popular podcast The Last Con of Lynton Baltimore. Now thirty-one Jess didnt bargain on Tegan eventually piecing together the connection for herself. But Tegan plans to do exactly what Jess has always feared--leave their safe stable home to search for their mother--and shell be accompanied by the prying podcast host and her watchful handsome producer Adam Hawkins. Unwilling to let the sister shes spent so much of her life protecting go it alone Jess reluctantly joins them. Together the four make their way across the country unraveling the mystery of where the couple disappeared to and why. But soon Jess is discovering other things too. Like a renewed sense of vulnerability and curiosity and a willingness to expand beyond the walls shes so carefully built. And in Adam she finds an unexpected connection she didnt even know was missing if only she can let go and let him in . . .
