That southern Charm
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Last published Fri, Aug 1, 2025
When Daisy Augustin is uprooted from her Southern hometown and dropped into the chaos of Brooklyn for her senior year, she doesn't just leave behind her friends and the only life she's ever known-she leaves behind the last pieces of herself that felt okay. Now she's stuck sharing a roof with her emotionally checked-out mama and her overbearing aunt, trying to hold her family together while slowly falling apart.
Then there's Malik Rivera.
Quiet. Brilliant. And grieving the father who meant everything to him. Malik doesn't need anyone, least of all the new girl with a sweet drawl and a habit of barging into his garage like she owns the place. But Daisy has a way of showing up-offering cookies, bad jokes, and a kind of understanding that makes it harder and harder to push her away.
What starts as annoyance turns into late-night conversations, shared silences, and something neither of them expected: comfort.
They're both grieving, both stuck, and both slowly learning that sometimes the people you least expect are the ones who save you.
A slow-burn, heart-tugging romance about loss, love, and learning how to let someone in.
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