The Last Sunrise

Bestseller Todd (After) breaks hearts and puts them back together with this tearjerker about a sheltered young woman with a potentially life-threatening genetic condition. Oriah “Ry” Pera has tuberous sclerosis, which causes invasive growths on internal organs, and she’s refused the risky surgery that might remove them from her brain at the expense of her memories and possibly her life, much to the dismay of her wealthy and overprotective single mother, Isolde. When Isolde’s company sends her to Mallorca, where she has deep roots, for the summer, Ry tags along, hoping to find out more about her family’s past. Vowing to spend the summer as if every day were her last—which, as her condition worsens, it very well could be—Ry makes a happy-go-lucky new friend in scene-stealer Amara and falls hard for handsome local fisherman Julián Garcia. Todd mines deep emotions from this bittersweet premise and keeps the drama flowing with reveals about Isolde’s past—including an unexpected connection between Isolde and Julián’s father. The swoony romance and gorgeous backdrop are the cherries on top. Readers will want to have tissues at the ready. (May)