In this haunting and luminescent debut novel, a girlâs complicated family life starts to unravel after she finds herself falling for a mysterious boy who lives in the forest behind her house.
Leah Robertsâs life hasnât been the same since her brother died ten years ago. Her mother wonât stop drinking, her father canât let go of his bitter anger, and Leah herself has a secret sheâs told no one: Sasquatches are real, and sheâs been watching a trio of them in the woods behind her house for years.
Everything changes when Leah discovers that among the sasquatches lives a teenager. This alluring, enigmatic boy has no memory of his past and can barely speak, but Leah canât shake his magnetic pull. Gradually, Leahâs life entwines with his, providing her the escape from reality she never knew she needed.
But when Leahâs two worlds suddenly collide in a deadly showdown, she uncovers a shocking truth as big and extraordinary as the legends themselves, one that could change her life forever.