We Were Never Saints

Allyson Parrish was invisible, the "sick girl," a nobody. She drifted through life, unseen-until the Kingsleys arrived in her small town, bringing her first love, her first best friend, and a real family to belong to. For four years, she blossomed into someone special. But who was Ally without them? She hoped she'd never have to find out. Unfortunately, fate had other ideas. Just months before her high school graduation, a devastating house fire took away the lives of the family she cherished, along with the future she envisioned.

As she wrestles with her grief and struggles to understand her identity, Ally is sent to live in England with her deeply introspective and artistic aunt. There, she begins to reshape herself through the music she creates, the connections she builds, and the new spark she discovers along the way with a brooding musician who carries his own burdens from the past.

As the story alternates between timelines, Ally's two love stories unfold, all while posing the lingering question: can Ally decipher the events of her past in time to salvage her present?