The Space Between

Economic differences may derail a once-in-a-lifetime love in this sweeping and soapy contemporary from Ready (Once upon an Island). After Andrea Leighton-Hughes rescues Jace Morgan from bullies, the two 17-year-olds bond over their love of music and Coney Island. Their budding romance survives Jace’s discovery that Andrea is the daughter of an elite Manhattan businessman, while he and his orphaned brothers, all musicians, scrape by in the Bronx. Andrea renounces her family wealth to go on the road with Jace and his bros when their band is on tour. For a time, all is bliss, but Jace’s oldest brother, Dean, worries that Jace—who can’t sing unless Andrea is watching—is using her as a crutch. To break up the couple, he convinces Andrea that Jace is unfaithful. Eight years later, Andrea, now a workaholic businesswoman, reunites with Reid Shilling, the man her family always wanted her to marry. Andrea never thought she’d agree, but now Reid is dying and he wants Andrea to be the mother to his infant daughter after he’s gone. On the eve of their marriage, however, Andrea runs into Jace, and the encounter leaves Jace determined to stop the wedding. It’s a dramatic (sometimes melodramatic) emotional roller-coaster, but in the end true love prevails. For hopeless romantics, this one’s got the goods. (July)