Grounded at home on a Friday night, 17-year-old Emily Beckett is shocked to find a boy on the balcony outside her room. He says his name is Peter Pan, and he’s there for one reason: he’s looking for someone to have an adventure with.

And with that, Emily is off, whisked to the world of Never Land, a place filled with sailing ships, tropical islands, pirates, and flying machines.

However, Emily soon discovers Peter hasn’t brought her there only to experience Never Land’s wonders. His friends have been captured by a demented man named Captain Hook, and Peter believes—without a shadow of a doubt—that Emily is the only one who can help get them back.

From Stonewall Award winner Brandy Colbert comes a novel about first love, family, and hidden secrets that will stay with you long after turning the last page.

Dove “Birdie” Randolph works hard to be the perfect daughter and follow the path her parents have laid out for her: She quit playing her beloved soccer, she keeps her nose buried in textbooks, and she’s on track to finish high school at the top of her class. But then Birdie falls hard for Booker, a sweet boy with a troubled past… whom she knows her parents will never approve of.

When her estranged aunt Carlene returns to Chicago and moves into the family’s apartment above their hair salon, Birdie notices the tension building at home. Carlene is sweet, friendly, and open-minded — she’s also spent decades in and out of treatment facilities for addiction. As Birdie becomes closer to both Booker and Carlene, she yearns to spread her wings. But when long-buried secrets rise to the surface, everything she’s known to be true is turned upside down.