The Secret Year

In a small town where social circles define one’s identity, two teenagers find themselves entwined in a secret forbidden romance—until tragedy strikes.

“A moving portrait of grief and the sharp societal lines that divide.”—Publishers Weekly

Colt and Julia were secretly together for a year . . . and nobody knew.

Not that anyone would suspect—Colt and Julia were from two different crowds: Julia in her country club world on Black Mountain and Colt down in the flats. They’d meet in secret by the...