By the Grace (Grace Universe)

Grace De Costa knows two things before she turns eighteen: how to run a kitchen and how to love the wrong person with her whole heart.

When Noah — charming, beautiful, and just unreliable enough to keep her hoping — leaves for college, Grace is left holding memories she cannot explain and feelings she cannot shake. She has her family's restaurant, her best friend Eadaoin, and a grandmother in Jamaica who sees everything Grace is not ready to see about herself.

Then comes Paris. Chef school. A city that does not care about her history. And Marcus — who has known her name longer than she has known his.

By the Grace is a story about first love, the grief of outgrowing it, and the slow, unglamorous work of becoming who you were always meant to be.

Some people spend their whole lives waiting for the story to make sense before they trust it.

Grace is learning that the trust is what makes it make sense.