Now That I've Found You by Kristina Forest

Now That I've Found You by Kristina Forest

"Through this pitch-perfect rom-com, Kristina Forest explores the legacy of family and what it means to be young and full of artistic passion. I was utterly charmed from start to finish." --Maurene Goo, author of Somewhere Only We Know

Now That I've Found You is a YA novel about searching for answers, love, and your eccentric grandma in all the wrong places.

Following in the footsteps of her überfamous grandma, eighteen-year-old Evie Jones is poised to be Hollywood's next big star. That is until a close friend's betrayal leads to her being blacklisted . . .

Fortunately, Evie knows just the thing to save her floundering career: a public appearance with America's most beloved actress--her grandma Gigi, aka the Evelyn Conaway. The only problem? Gigi is a recluse who's been out of the limelight for almost twenty years. Days before Evie plans to present her grandma with an honorary award in front of Hollywood's elite, Gigi does the unthinkable: she disappears.

With time running out and her comeback on the line, Evie reluctantly enlists the help of the last person to see Gigi before she vanished: Milo Williams, a cute musician Evie isn't sure she can trust. As Evie and Milo conduct a wild manhunt across New York City, romance and adventure abound while Evie makes some surprising discoveries about her grandma--and herself.

Kristina Forest grew up in Lawnside, New Jersey, a little village that also happened to be the first self-governing African American community north of the Mason-Dixon line. She began dancing at the age of seven and aspired to be a backup dancer for Michael Jackson. She discovered she preferred writing to dance by the time she was seventeen, so she enrolled at Rowan University and majored in Writing Arts, followed by an MFA in Creative Writing from the New School. Kristina works in the publishing industry for children's books and resides in Brooklyn, New York, with two massive bookcases. Her debut novel was I Want to Be Where You Are.