Avery & Angela

WINNER OF THE 2020 VIRGINIA AUTHOR PROJECT YA AWARD! Two best friends. One last day. One huge secret that changes everything.Avery Young is having a moment.How he handles it will determine his future.A talented musician, Avery is leaving home in New Jersey to study at the Boston Conservatory of Music. Before he boards the 8 AM Northeast Connector out of Princeton Junction, he has one last day at the Jersey Shore with his best friend of four years, Angela, who's been unusually distant all summer.When Angela finally reveals the reasons behind that distance, it changes everything,When the moment comes, as they stand along the shore, Avery is forced to reconsider who he is, who he wants to be, and more immediately, what is he going to do now? His plans for the future, which include musical stardom and a life of constant creativity with his best friend by his side, have gone completely up in flames.How can he pursue his dreams when it could mean losing Angela, the only stable thing in his life, forever?THE LAST GOOD DAY is the first book in the "Avery &Angela" series.The complete series, including Book #2, ON THE ROAD TO HERE, Book #3 WHEN ONLY LOVE REMAINS and the series finale, LOVE WILL COME TO YOU are available NOW!

Robert Kugler, winner of the 2020 Virginia Author Project YA Book of the Year Award concludes the Avery & Angela series, with LOVE WILL COME TO YOU! Two best friends. One true love. One obstacle after another standing in their way. Being young is hard Being young and in love as your world is falling apart is even harder. Still reeling from his mother's death, Avery seeks out the father he's never known, in hopes he can give him the answers he desperately seeks as he tries to move forward. With Angela facing down her own challenges, Avery pulls away from everyone as he continues to hide from his pain and grief. Join Avery & Angela as they try and move towards their future together while navigating her treatment, his inability to cope, and yes, even a global pandemic. Will their love survive? For that matter, will they? Find out now in LOVE WILL COME TO YOU, the final book in the Avery & Angela series. THE LAST GOOD DAY, ON THE ROAD TO HERE, and WHEN ONLY LOVE REMAINS are available now!

Robert Kugler, winner of the 2020 Virginia Author Project YA Book of the Year continues the Avery & Angela series, with WHEN ONLY LOVE REMAINS! Something inside him snapped. Instead of enjoying a break from school with his girlfriend Angela, Avery is suddenly reeling from a tragic loss. With his mother gone, Avery is left on his own, and the fragile web of secrets she kept begins to unravel, leaving Avery wondering if he knew his mother at all. Avery doesn't know what to do, but that won't stop him from pretending that he does as every truth he clings to falls away and he grasps for the shattered pieces of the life he's always known. Secrets, lies, sleepwalking - this isn't how life was supposed to be. And then, there is Angela. Can her love help him find a way through his loss, his growing anger, and his mother's lies? Can he learn to accept what he cannot change? Or will it consume him? Find out in the third book of the Avery & Angela series, WHEN ONLY LOVE REMAINS. Books 1 and 2 are available now. The fourth and final book in the series, LOVE WILL COME TO YOU is launching December 8, 2020!