She noticed the way he stood on one side of a locked door, summer of 1968, and whispered something he believed no one could hear.

But she heard. And it would take years before she discovered what it cost him.

She noticed everything. Even those things he had hidden.

She still got it wrong.

What follows that summer spans oceans and years — joy and terror, laughter and loss, and a love that defies every reason to let go.

One True Love is a coming-of-age romance set in 1960s California — specific, unhurried, and true in the way that makes it hurt.

"It has put a spell on my heart. To create poetry from personal testimony is evidence to me of a blazing talent that cannot be ignored. It was an honour to narrate this." — Mary Jane Wells, three-time Audie Award winner

She noticed the way they came to him. The way they come to no one else. She knew what all the world knows — they cannot talk. Then she caught one speaking to him.

"One True Love"

by R.C. Stark