The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love (Love's Academic, #1)

by India Holton

Just then came the sound of a throat being cleared with the discomfort of someone who is about to eat crow.

In the dreaming twilight, he knew nothing but her.

She wanted to climb into the kiss and build a home there, grow a bright garden, and wake every morning to joyful birdsong.

Sorrow came upon her with all the suddenness of an owl upon a mouse.