Love, Lydie by Blair Harton

A tender and engrossing work of romance, Love, Lydie by Blair Harton encapsulates a teenage girl’s dreams of romantic fate. On the streets of Greenwich Village, rockstar Nathan Roth defends a young woman, Lydia, in an altercation with her boyfriend – a fateful encounter, as they fall in love. The novel fast-forwards a decade to Lydia’s hometown, where Nathan is a single father working at the local theater, and their relationship takes a turn because Nathan is in love with the theater’s events coordinator. Secrets and wounds are unearthed, weaving unexpected mystery into the novel through a series of enticing letters from Lydia appearing in the form of a scavenger hunt. Though the novel is a bit clichéd with gooey dialogue, Harton’s lighthearted voice, and the story’s intriguing twists, make this a wholly satisfying work of romance.