Love and Gravity

In this unforgettable novel for fans of One Day and The Time Traveler's Wife, a young Isaac Newton falls in love with a girl living in modern-day San Francisco, defying the laws of physics to forge a seemingly impossible connection. "Thoughtful, magical, and alive with romantic alchemy, Love and Gravity is a rare gem of a book, both intellectual and beautiful."-New York Times bestselling author Sarah Addison Allen Andrea Louviere is seven years old the first time he appears. While she's alone in her bedroom, practicing her beloved cello, the light shivers and a crack forms in the wall. Through the crack, she sees a candle, a window, a desk-and a boy. In the eerie silence, the boy clearly sees Andrea too. Then, as quickly as it opened, the crack closes and he vanishes. Over the years, summoning the boy becomes an obsession for Andrea. On her seventeenth birthday, she receives a three-hundred-year-old love letter from Isaac Newton. Andrea knows that Isaac will change the world with his groundbreaking discoveries; the letter tells Andrea that she will change him. As Isaac's letters intensify in passion and intimacy, Andrea grows determined to follow his clues to their shared destiny-despite a burgeoning romance in the present. Only when she discovers the way into Isaac's time does Andrea realize that she faces a heartbreaking decision between what was . . . and what might be. Praise for Love and Gravity "Sotto's remarkable story keeps the reader guessing until the very end. . . . The imaginative blend of romance, history, and paranormal is compulsively readable, hits all the romantic high notes, and provides a novel explanation for the development of calculus; highly recommended."-Library Journal, (starred review) "Hard to put down."-Publishers Weekly "Ingenious."-Dear Author "Creative and heartfelt, this novel captured my imagination and my heart with ease. . . . Samantha Sotto certainly gave us readers an original, almost fanciful story that was filled to the brim with real and very raw emotions."-Harlequin Junkie "Catching right from the start . . . If you like time travel romance novels, this book will not disappoint!"-The Lit Bitch Praise for Samantha Sotto's Before Ever After "I was floored by the gutsy scope of this highly unusual love story. Before Ever After is one of those books that challenges the natural laws of fiction writing, and Samantha Sotto pulls it off in a frisky and highly entertaining way."-Anne Fortier, New York Times bestselling author of Juliet "I was absolutely enchanted by Before Ever After. It's a highly original and engaging mix of romance, mystery, and magic that will challenge everything you think you know about happily ever after."-Jill Smolinski, author of Objects of My Affection "A smartly written romance, mystery, and historical adventure all wrapped up in a page-turner that will have you guessing until the very end."-Adena Halpern, author of The Ten Best Days of My Life "Exquisitely written and inventively told, Before Ever After is a beautiful, moving-and quite fun-exploration of what you think you know about your own life."-Melissa Senate, author of The Love Goddess' Cooking School

Samantha Sotto was born in Manila, Philippines. She fell in love with Europe's crumbling manors and history when she moved to the Netherlands as a teenager and took up marketing at the Leiden campus of Webster University. She later returned to the Philippines and graduated with an AB Communications degree from the Ateneo de Manila University. She then went on to pursue an almost decade long career in brand management. Her fascination with Europe never faded, prompting pilgrimages during various states of her bank account's health. She has spent the night huddled next to her backpack on a Greek beach, honeymooned in Paris, pub-crawled through London, and attended business meetings in Düsseldorf in the pleasant company of a corporate credit card. She lives with her husband and two children, and Tennant, the world's most adorable golden retriever, in Manila.