Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Five years after her older sister Mika’s death, Reiko maintains a polished life while privately carrying grief she has never faced. Secret desert hikes with Seth give her room to breathe, but their growing relationship exposes differences in class, expectation, and what each wants from the other. Katherine Webber follows Reiko through a difficult senior year as grades, friendships, family pressure, and buried loss begin to unravel the identity she has carefully built.