This Could Be Forever

De: Ebony LaDelle

Narrado por: Angel Pean, Vikas Adam

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?

©2025 Ebony LaDelle (P)2025 Simon & Schuster Audio

Sunflower Sweet

I loved this audio book in every way!! The conflict, the reconciliation, the authenticity, the cultural and historical parts and the awesome details around teas, foods, oils, flowers and moonshine (LOL). Angel and Vikas beautiful narration!!! Ebony!!! PHENOMENAL!!

Love Beyond Restrictions

This YA romance was very nuanced and believable. The main characters’ love for each other was healthy and age appropriate. It’s refreshing to read of young love pushing the characters to do their best with their education and life choices.

an important story

This was a beautiful story of two cultures coming together despite facing adversity. The MC had to face push back from their family but also live and support from some of the people around them

Diverse love at its best

This was a really cute young love book. I loved listening to Deja and Raja’s story, will we get a part 2!?

I love this Brown/Black Super Sweet Romance 💕

I knew after reading Love Radio that I was going to read/fall in love with this book too. And I did! I learned so much about another culture and it was so empowering to see a black girl being loved so intentionally.