Little Poets - Paperback

A haunting literary drama that blends the psychological complexity of The Beautiful and Damned with the coming-of-age elegance of a Sofia Coppola film. From the bestselling author of The Romantic comes a mesmerizing exploration of love, magnetism, and the thin line between devotion and obsession.

As children, Grey Fitzgerald's piano melodies enchant Chanel Laurent in the sun-soaked halls of Starcliff Academy-until he disappears without warning. Chanel remains at Starcliff for years wondering what happened to the boy she wrote poetry with.

Ten years later, they reunite when Grey returns to Starcliff at seventeen. He has inherited a fortune and become Monterey's most sought-after heir, showering Chanel with dreams of their artistic future together. She's captivated all over again by the boy whose music once made her believe in magic.

From seaside Monterey to the English Academy's ancient halls, from the cutting rooms of Los Angeles to New York's literary circles, their story looks, from the outside, like everything they were always meant to become. Grey composes haunting film scores; Chanel writes fiction that finds its way to the Paris Review, that slowly builds a world of its own. It looked like love. In the world of film and literature, some stories are only visible from the outside.