A Plan, a Dream, and One Fateful Encounter

Join us in-store to celebrate the launch of the amazing new young adult romance novel, This Could Be Forever! We are so honored to have author EBONY LaDELLE here for a night of fun, fascinating discussion with conversation partner - and book influencer!- ARTAVIA JARVIS. A compelling and complex romance about love across cultures, this story follows a black girl and brown boy who find themselves and each other while pursuing their passions the summer before college. 

About the Book

Deja’s got a plan. The first in her large family to go to college, she wants to study chemistry and sell natural skin care products, like the ones she already creates from plants grown on her family’s North Carolina farm. It all starts with the Onward Bound summer program at the University of Maryland, the summer before school officially starts.

Raja’s got a dream. His traditional Nepali parents want him to study engineering and settle down in an arranged marriage, but his passion is art, and he wants to open his own tattoo parlor one day. In the meantime, he’s apprenticing at a tattoo shop in College Park, Maryland.

When Deja walks into the shop where Raja’s working, they both start crushing hard—over the course of the summer, they fall more and more deeply for one another. But the closer they get and the more their lives entwine, the more they find that dating someone who doesn’t match your parents’ expectations is harder than they ever imagined.

Can they bridge the divide between the vision their families have for their futures and the lives—and love—that are starting to feel like destiny?

Tuesday, May 20th at 6pm at Our 17th St Store!