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This Could Be Forever

Ebony LaDelle

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This compelling and complex romance about love across cultures follows a Black girl and Brown boy who find themselves—and each other—while pursuing their passions the summer before college.

Deja’s got a plan. The first in her large family to go to college, she wants to study chemistry and sell natural skin care products, like the ones she already creates from plants grown on her family’s North Carolina farm. It all starts with the Onward Bound summer program at the University of Maryland, the summer before school officially starts.

Raja’s got a dream. His traditional Nepali parents want him to study engineering and settle down in an arranged marriage, but his passion is art, and he wants to open his own tattoo parlor one day. In the meantime, he’s apprenticing at a tattoo shop in College Park, Maryland.

When Deja walks into the shop where Raja’s working, they both start crushing hard—over the course of the summer, they fall more and more deeply for one another. But the closer they get and the more their lives entwine, the more they find that dating someone who doesn’t match your parents’ expectations is harder than they ever imagined.

Can they bridge the divide between the vision their families have for their futures and the lives—and love—that are starting to feel like destiny?

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The Nerdy Babe Life\ \ Brianna \ \ • Sep 28 2025

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Poll:\ \ Book Club Pick \ \ Our Fall Book Club will run from October 6 – November 21! 🍂 We’ll wrap up right before Thanksgiving and then pick a new read together in the new year.\ \ Here’s how it will work:\ - Each week we’ll have set chapters to read (depending on the book length).\ - I’ll share a PDF of my notes + a few discussion questions so we can dig deeper.\ - You can join the conversation right here in the comments (or on Discord if that’s easier for you).\ - I may also drop short deep-dive videos on certain chapters if y’all are into it.\ - At the end of the book, I'll host a Google Meet discussion session to talk about the story as a whole using guided questions.\ \ I’m super excited to read with you all ! Below are the book choices. Cast your vote for what you’d love to read first.\ __\ \ 📌 Extra Info:\ \ This poll will end on Thursday, October 2nd. And on Friday, October 3rd, I’ll post our reading calendar (how many chapters we’ll cover each week, so everyone can keep pace) We’ll officially start reading on Monday, October 6th.\ \ All of the options are contemporary romances (because that vibe just feels perfect for fall 🍁). For our next book club pick in January, we’ll switch it up with a fantasy read!

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