anamnesis

Novella Oriel lives by the rules⏤her family's, her faith's, her own. In a quiet town where appearances matter more than truth, she's always been the good daughter. But when Laleia Luelle drifts back into town on a borrowed bike, sunlight in her hair and nowhere left to go, Novella's carefully ordered life begins to tremble.

Laleia is everything Novella isn't: wild-hearted, untethered, and unafraid to say the wrong thing. But beneath the easy charm is a girl with ghosts⏤wounds she hides behind soft defiance and a fear of being seen too clearly.

As the summer stretches on, the two girls find themselves drawn to each other. But love, no matter how gentle, can't exist in a vacuum. Not when shame lingers like smoke, and the people you love expect you to stay small.