Eliwrites150
Book 1 in Carbon Crew Series
Solving Saorlaigh is a slow-burn teenage romance that takes place in the heart of Cork, where secrets weigh heavier than first love.
Some places hold your memories. Cork holds Saorlaigh's secrets.
After years away, seventeen-year-old Saorlaigh never thought she'd return to Cork, the city where her life quietly shattered. But when her mother announces she's remarrying, Saorlaigh is forced back to the place she swore she'd never call home again. Determined not to let the past swallow her whole, she slips easily into the version of herself everyone expects, bright smiles, quick wit, and a bubbly charm that keeps people laughing and far away from the truth.
Because no one can know what really happened.
Especially not Ruardhrí.
As her new stepbrother's best friend, Ruardhrí is impossible to avoid with his all easy confidence, late-night drives, and frustratingly observant eyes. From the moment Saorlaigh arrives, he's drawn to her in a way he can't explain. There's something hidden beneath her carefully crafted smiles, something broken she refuses to let anyone touch. And the more she pushes him away, the more determined he becomes to be the one person she finally lets in.
But Cork is full of ghosts, and the past Saorlaigh buried is closer than she thinks.
As feelings grow between them, Ruadhrí begins to realise that Solving Saorlaigh might mean uncovering truths neither of them are ready to face and that loving someone doesn't always mean you can save them.
Tropes:
~ He falls first
~ Stepbrothers best friend
~ Traumatised FMC
~ Hurler x singer
~ Found family
~ Secret relationship