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All Alone with You

Amelia Diane Coombs

Hacks gets a romantic twist in the vein of Jenn Bennett in this "simmering" (Publishers Weekly) novel about a standoffish teen girl whose loner status gets challenged by a dynamic elderly woman and a perpetually cheerful boy.

Eloise Deane is the worst and doesn't care who knows it. She's grumpy, prefers to be alone, and is just slogging through senior year with one goal: get accepted to USC and move to California. So when her guidance counselor drops the bombshell that to score a scholarship she'll desperately need, her applications require volunteer hours, Eloise is up for the challenge. Until she's paired with LifeCare, a volunteer agency that offers social support to lonely seniors through phone calls and visits. Basically, it's a total nightmare for Eloise's anxiety.

Eloise realizes she's made a huge mistake--especially when she's paired with Austin, the fellow volunteer who's the sunshine to her cloudy day. But as Eloise and Austin work together to keep Marianne Landis--the mysterious former frontwoman of the 1970s band the Laundromats--company, something strange happens. Eloise actually...likes Marianne and Austin? She isn't sure what to do with that, especially when her feelings toward Austin begin to blur into more-than-friends territory.

And when ex-girlfriends, long-buried wounds, and insecurities reappear, Eloise will have a choice to make: go all in with Marianne and Austin or get out before she gets hurt.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
  • Publish Date: Jul 25th, 2023
  • Pages: 352
  • Language: English
  • Dimensions: 8.51in - 5.91in - 1.17in - 0.94lb
  • EAN: 9781534493575
  • Recommended age: 13-17
  • Categories: Romance - ContemporarySocial Themes - Mental IllnessLoners & Outcasts

About the Author

Coombs, Amelia Diane: - Amelia Diane Coombs is the author of Keep My Heart in San Francisco; Between You, Me, and the Honeybees; Exactly Where You Need to Be; and All Alone with You. She's a northern California transplant living in Seattle, Washington, with her spouse and their Siberian cat. When she isn't writing or reading, Amelia spends her time playing video and tabletop games, road-tripping, and hiking the Pacific Northwest.

Praise for this book

"A delightfully compelling coming-of-age romance."--Kirkus Reviews