My Love-letter / Original Title: NEXT of KIN (MIRA Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Bella lives in Los Angeles and has not been able to forget her ex-lover, Lyall. It has been ten years since Bella's family fled their hometown, and she has not seen Lyall since. Her parents never told her why they had to move, even though she cried and questioned them about it. Bella had no choice but to accept that their relationship was over. One night, while gazing at the moon in reminiscence, Bella witnesses a murder in the house across the street. When the murderer discovers her presence and threatens her life, Bella decides to return to her distant hometown where Lyall is waiting for her - only to discover the sad truth of ten years ago. A tear-jerking pure love story by a healing writer.

ロサンゼルスで暮らすベラは、元恋人ライアルを忘れられずにいた。ベラの一家が逃げるように故郷を去って以来10年、ライアルとは会っていない。泣いて問いつめても両親は転居の理由を教えてくれず、彼に手紙を出しても返事はなし。いつしかベラも二人の関係は終わった納得する他なかった。そんなある夜、追憶に浸りながら月を眺めていたベラは、向かいの家で起きた殺人を目撃してしまう。犯人に存在を知られ、命を狙われたベラは、ライアルがいる遠い故郷に戻ろうと決めた―そこで待っていたのは10年前の哀しい真実だった。癒しの作家が描く涙がかれるほどの純愛。