All We Lost Was Everything

Eighteen-year-old aspiring singer River Santos has lost everything: her boyfriend after he dumped her; her estranged mother, now declared “missing”; and her guitar, songbooks, and father in a devastating house fire. Not even an anonymous $2 million donation to River’s GoFundMe page can kindle hope from the smoldering ashes of River’s future. At least River’s best friend, Tawny, always has her back. And while Logan, her new coworker at the diner where she and Tawny work, is frustratingly aloof, he’s also a seriously hot distraction. Soon River’s innocent crush sparks, sizzles, and flares into breathless romantic entanglement. But as she struggles to make sense of her and Logan’s whirlwind romance and searches for clues as to the identity of her mysterious benefactor, River uncovers dark family secrets—and learns that she’s not the only one hiding something. Skillful plotting and shocking reveals propel this twisty, Arizona-set romantic thriller from Harlow (Everything We Never Said). River and Logan’s mutual yearning, rendered in alternating dual-perspective chapters interspersed with letters to River from her missing mother, balance palpable grief with steamy, page-turning drama and tense mystery. River is half Filipina and assumed half white; supporting characters read as white. Ages 14–up. (May)