The Distance Between Us

Isabel Leung has perfected the art of looking fine. Dean's list, leadership positions, internship lined up - everything in its right place, nothing that actually means anything. She stopped playing piano years ago. Stopped drawing. Stopped letting people close enough to notice. It's easier that way.

The last person she wants to spend her summer with is Nathan Cheung - golden boy, Google intern, the person who has always made her feel like she's running a race she didn't sign up for. But when Isabel is sent to Hong Kong to care for her ailing grandfather, Nathan is there too, pulled back by something he won't talk about and a family that's quietly falling apart.

Hong Kong doesn't let either of them perform. In the slow heat of the city, in her grandparents' small warm flat, in late nights on a rooftop with nowhere else to be - Isabel starts to see Nathan differently. And Nathan, who has been paying attention to her for years, is finally close enough to be seen back.

The Distance Between Us is a slow burn romance about two people who have been running from themselves, and what happens when they finally stop.