Aria Hale is the rich girl no one wants in a town that has forgotten how to dream. Cold, stunning, and alone, she walks the halls of her underfunded public school like she owns them—but no one knows why she’s really there.

	Not even Kira, the girl who once knew her best… and now barely meets her eyes.

	When a community art show pulls old enemies and broken friendships into the spotlight, Aria’s hidden past threatens to shatter everything.

	Love, betrayal, forgiveness—and a town that might never forget what it lost.

	Golden in the Dust is a slow-burn emotional drama about  teenagers , a shared history, and a second chance at the kind of love they deserve