Before the Stars Align

Synopsis

She hated birthdays. He made her believe in them. Lyra Thornewood doesn't celebrate the day she was born—she sees no point. But on her tenth birthday, a blue-eyed boy named Kaelen Vance crashes into her life with a volcanic rock and a crooked smile. Years of skateboarding, whispered secrets, and stolen glances turn friendship into something deeper. But when Lyra finally confesses, Kaelen doesn't feel the same way. She watches him fall for someone else. She learns to let go. She builds a life without him. Then he comes back—on her twenty-first birthday—with a song that changes everything. Some love stories take years to unfold. This one took twelve birthdays to get right.