Love Through Ink

Maria Lirente always thought her words were important. That's why she left her family in Manila traveled across an ocean and arrived in Paris with a worn suitcase and a manuscript that nobody had read.

The city was colder than she expected. The academy was really scary.. She definitely didn't expect to bump into Liam Ashford in a hallway on her first day.

Liam is everything Maria's not. Rich, quiet and engaged to someone his family likes.. When he reads her writing something changes between them. He really notices her.

As Maria settles into Paris she also finds a group of friends who become like a family: Allie, a loud British girl who laughs a lot; Theo, a quiet guy whos secretly in love with her; Diane, who writes poetry but won't share it; and Max, whos been waiting for Diane to notice him since they were kids.

Just as things start to feel right everything falls apart. Liams dad. Hes really hurt. He pushes Maria away. At the time news from home forces her to go back to Manila torn between the life shes building and her family.

Months go by. She stops hearing from Liam.. When someone else offers her comfort. And a future. Maria makes a choice she never thought she'd make.

Then she finds a journal. There are dozens of letters. He wrote one every day. Never sent them.. She realizes the truth shes always known.

This story is about love. The kind that waits, hurts and stays. It's, about friends being really sad getting another chance and believing that your voice matters.

"The pen is a tool." Her grandmother once told her that. Maria just didn't know how much it could hurt.