Sunlight Through Lace

Title: Sunlight Through Lace
Genre: Contemporary YA / Coming-of-Age / Soft Romance

Description:
Fourteen-year-old Ángel has just moved to Colorado after three years in military training overseas-years that left him with fading vision, invisible scars, and a past too heavy for his shoulders. Haunted by an accident he doesn't talk about, and the weight of a life he never chose, Ángel wants to disappear quietly into the background.

But then there's Élise-his fiercely protective older sister. Amaury-the little brother who still believes he's a hero. And Reneé, the girl with ink-stained fingers, a quiet laugh, and a scent like something worth remembering.

As Ángel struggles to find his place in a world that feels too bright and too sharp, he discovers healing in unexpected places: in music, in banana bread, in robot shark drawings, and in the slow rhythm of ordinary days that start to feel like something sacred.

But the past doesn't let go so easily-and neither does the fear that he'll never be enough, not even for the girl who listens to his silences and sketches him like she already understands.

"Sunlight Through Lace" is a tender, introspective coming-of-age novel about trauma, recovery, and the quiet power of being seen-even when you can't fully see yourself.