Margot is on the quest to uncover and reassemble an ancient-and cursed-vase, with the help of a boy who went missing in 1932, because it's the only way to put back together her broken heart in this standa-lone adventure rom-com, perfect for fans of What the River Knows and The Lost City. The mythical Vase of Venus Aurelia hasn-t been seen since 1932, but Margot Rhodes is determined to change that. Drawn by the vase-s supposed magical properties, Margot embarks on her school-s archaeological trip to Pompeii. Sure, it-s her first time holding a shovel, but she-s got something no one else does: lost teenage explorer Van Keane-s journal. Poring over the poetic entries that serve as a map to the vase-s missing shards, Margot finds herself falling in love with the boy who wrote it a century ago. She-s shocked when her search leads her to a statue that looks exactly like Van, and then the statue comes to life. Catapulted into the present, Van is nothing like the wordsmith Margot imagined. He-
