But her suspicious, holier-than-thou brother-in-law, Jacob, seems intent on catching Devorah in the wrong. Devorah begins lying to her parents and sneaking around their rules to spend more time with Jaxon, falling for him hard and thinking that a relationship with him would help her avoid entering an early, arranged marriage and inevitable motherhood. Devorah knows she doesn’t want to live out her parents’ vision of the future: a highly circumscribed yet loving life of faith and family in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. This chance flirtation fans a tiny flame of doubt into a wildfire. When a hurricane strikes the Northeast, the pair becomes stranded in an elevator together, where fate leaves them no choice but to make an otherwise risky connection. Though their relationship is strictly forbidden, Devorah and Jaxon arrange secret meetings and risk everything to be together.Sparks-both romantic and cultural-fly when Hasidic Devorah and Jaxon, the son of West Indian immigrants, meet on a hospital elevator stuck between floors during a hurricane. Their paths never crossed.until one day, they did.

Will life tear them apart? Devorah is a consummate good girl who has never challenged the ways of her strict Hasidic upbringing. Jaxon is a fun-loving, book-smart nerd who has never been comfortable around girls (unless you count his four younger sisters). They've spent their entire lives in Brooklyn, on opposite sides of the same street. “One of the most poignant and star-crossed love stories since The Fault in Our Stars.” - Entertainment Weeklyįate brought them together. ' refreshing tale of forbidden love.'- People Magazine LaMarche expertly conjures up what high-stakes infatuation feels like.' - The New York Times Book Review

Fitting seamlessly alongside current bestsellers like Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park, and John Green's Paper Towns, LIKE NO OTHER provides a thoroughly modern take on romance that will inspire laughter, tears, and the belief that love can happen when you least expect it.

Like no other by una lamarche