{"product_id":"if-you-leave-cherie-byrd-9798240909092","title":"If You Leave: A Contemporary Coming of Age Sapphic Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf You Leave\u003c\/em\u003e is a hauntingly beautiful sapphic coming-of-age romance about first love, ambition, distance, and the quiet heartbreak of becoming someone new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLennox Vale leaves her fading hometown of Bellmere for an elite university hundreds of miles away, carrying the weight of scholarship dreams, intellectual hunger, and a promise to the girl she loves: nothing changes. Back home, Corinne Hale buries herself in engines, grease-stained notebooks, and the relentless routines of a life that suddenly feels too small without Lennox beside her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first, late-night calls and shared rituals keep their relationship alive. But as Lennox is pulled into a dazzling world of debate teams, political theory, campus journalism, and thrilling new possibilities, Corinne begins confronting opportunities of her own-ones that could change the trajectory of her future forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween whispered midnight confessions, unspoken fears, growing ambitions, and the unbearable tension between loyalty and self-discovery, the distance between them slowly transforms into something neither girl knows how to name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTender, emotionally layered, and devastatingly authentic, \u003cem\u003eIf You Leave\u003c\/em\u003e is a deeply immersive LGBTQ+ romance about identity, longing, class, ambition, and the painful truth that love alone is not always enough to keep two people from growing apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cherie Byrd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798240909092\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lofty Dreams Pub\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d","brand":"Cherie Byrd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665716646143,"sku":"9798240909092","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/if-you-leave-cherie-byrd-9798240909092","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}