We Are Made of Scars and Starlight

<p><strong>A powerful story about the fierce love of friendship and finding the courage to love and accept yourself</strong>. Elissa Grossell Dickey author of <em>The Speed of Light</em></p><p>When twenty-five-year-old Kai Larssen agrees to pose as his best friend Mariah's date at a family gathering he doesn't expect to fall-hard-for her twin brother Ray. Anxious magnetic and achingly off-limits Ray is everything Kai has ever wanted. But coming out to Ray means risking Mariah's privacy-and their friendship.</p><p>Back in New York Kai and Ray grow closer and Kai finds himself trapped in a tangle of half-truths and unspoken feelings. As the lies pile up Kai must decide: is love worth the cost of betrayal?</p><p>Told in luminous prose <em>We Are Made of Scars & Starlight</em> is a tender heartbreaking novella about mental health disability and queer desire in the heart of the modern city. Poignant and full of hope it's a story of self-discovery chosen family and the courage it takes to be seen.</p>