Author: lorarichardson

I’ve set my heart on someone for the last time. Any guy interested in me is going to have to do all the daydreaming, all the yearning, and all the pursuing. I’ve never been the object of someone’s desire, and that’s fine. It’s no big deal if I graduate high school without my first kiss, as long as I don’t have to feel the sting of rejection again.The first order of business is to make sure I … sure I don’t daydream about Owen Anderson. Owen, who finds me crying over my last crush. Owen, who seems to show up…

He disappeared four years ago, and I’m to blame. Now he’s back.I call it the vanishing summer. Everett, my best friend and the first boy I ever kissed, was kidnapped; taken from right beside me. Three months later my mom died. They were both just gone. The bright, fearless spark inside me was gone, too–blown clean out.I learned that the worst could happen at any moment and with no warning. I … and with no warning. I didn’t want to go outside anymore. I hated to let my brother and my dad out of my sight. For four years, I…