What do you think?
Rate this book
Lavender: The Midnight Peace Runners Saga #1
A spellbinding blend of supernatural intrigue, coming-of-age romance, and the healing power of music, Lavender is a story about finding your voice in a world that’s lost its rhythm.
Lavender Flynn is tired of being the “purple-eyed freak” in her sleepy Colorado town, and the humiliating betrayal by her first-ever boyfriend doesn’t help. All she wants now is to hide out at her family’s ranch, blast her favorite bands on repeat, and forget the outside world exists. But when a haunting melody drifts out of the forest, lying low is no longer on the playlist.
It starts with a song only she can hear and fireflies that flicker in time with the music. Then comes a voice—raw, twangy, and strangely familiar—that pulls Lavender into a dreamlike version of her own world, where everything feels just a little too real to be imagined.
There, she meets a mystical group of musicians who believe Lavender is the missing piece in their mission to heal a broken world through music. She’s not so sure. But ignoring Camp—the lead singer with a voice that ignites her soul and dimples that could end all wars—is proving harder than she’d like to admit.
As her gift begins to surface, the lines between magic, love, and sacrifice start to blur. And when someone she loves is caught in the crossfire, Lavender must stay silent, or risk everything to let the music speak through her.
It starts with a song only she can hear and fireflies that flicker in time with the music. Then comes a voice—raw, twangy, and strangely familiar—that pulls Lavender into a dreamlike version of her own world, where everything feels just a little too real to be imagined.
There, she meets a mystical group of musicians who believe Lavender is the missing piece in their mission to heal a broken world through music. She’s not so sure. But ignoring Camp—the lead singer with a voice that ignites her soul and dimples that could end all wars—is proving harder than she’d like to admit.
As her gift begins to surface, the lines between magic, love, and sacrifice start to blur. And when someone she loves is caught in the crossfire, Lavender must stay silent, or risk everything to let the music speak through her.
347 pages, Paperback
Published July 9, 2025
3413 people want to read
About the author
Christina King
1 book28 followersStoryteller. Music addict. Hopeless Romantic. Second-hand fashion enthusiast. Eternal optimist. Moderate skier.
As a child, Christina King spent hours in her Victorian bedroom memorizing lyrics from CD album inserts and journaling in her Lisa Frank notebooks. It’s only fitting that her debut novel is a whimsical story weaving together romance and music. Her heart remains in Connecticut, where she grew up, but her soul is alive in the mountains of Colorado, where she currently resides on an off-grid ranch with her husband and three children.
When Christina is not writing in her cozy nook, she hikes the mountains with her family, floats in the nearby hot springs, or dreams up ways to brighten someone’s day.
As a child, Christina King spent hours in her Victorian bedroom memorizing lyrics from CD album inserts and journaling in her Lisa Frank notebooks. It’s only fitting that her debut novel is a whimsical story weaving together romance and music. Her heart remains in Connecticut, where she grew up, but her soul is alive in the mountains of Colorado, where she currently resides on an off-grid ranch with her husband and three children.
When Christina is not writing in her cozy nook, she hikes the mountains with her family, floats in the nearby hot springs, or dreams up ways to brighten someone’s day.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 12 of 12 reviews
September 15, 2025
This book had such a timely, and needed message that this world needs a little more peace and love, and it’s up to us to help spread it. I’m not usually a huge fan of YA novels, but this one was just as important for an adult to read.
Lavender is seen as being a “weirdo” in her small Colorado town, due to having bright purple eyes. When a band comes to play at a local music festival, the lead singer can’t help but notice her eyes. With a touch of magical realism that acts as a thread throughout the story, Lavender has to pick her path in life when she hears mysterious music coming from the woods behind her house. Will she join this band on their quest to spread a message of hope and peace to the world? Or will she keep her head down and stay on the path she’s on?
There’s so many important facets in this story from the power of music to the strength of family bonds to determining your own destiny. I would recommend this novel to anyone looking for a reminder of hope for the future.
Lavender is seen as being a “weirdo” in her small Colorado town, due to having bright purple eyes. When a band comes to play at a local music festival, the lead singer can’t help but notice her eyes. With a touch of magical realism that acts as a thread throughout the story, Lavender has to pick her path in life when she hears mysterious music coming from the woods behind her house. Will she join this band on their quest to spread a message of hope and peace to the world? Or will she keep her head down and stay on the path she’s on?
There’s so many important facets in this story from the power of music to the strength of family bonds to determining your own destiny. I would recommend this novel to anyone looking for a reminder of hope for the future.
September 23, 2025
4.5 🌟
Lavender by Christina King is a truly endearing and unique story that hooked me right from the start. Written in first person through Lavender’s perspective, it gives you an intimate view into the struggles and emotions of a girl with striking purple eyes who finds herself at a low point in life.
Everything seems to be going wrong for Lavender, and the emotional weight of her challenges feels raw and relatable. Just as she’s trying to hold it all together, strange and unexplainable experiences begin to happen, and new people step into her life, turning her present and future upside down. The way these moments unfold keeps you intrigued, always wanting to know what will happen next.
I loved reading this and honestly struggled to put it down. The mix of vulnerability, mystery, and unexpected twists kept me invested all the way through.
Well done, Christina, this was such a beautiful read, and I will definitely be picking up the next book!
Lavender by Christina King is a truly endearing and unique story that hooked me right from the start. Written in first person through Lavender’s perspective, it gives you an intimate view into the struggles and emotions of a girl with striking purple eyes who finds herself at a low point in life.
Everything seems to be going wrong for Lavender, and the emotional weight of her challenges feels raw and relatable. Just as she’s trying to hold it all together, strange and unexplainable experiences begin to happen, and new people step into her life, turning her present and future upside down. The way these moments unfold keeps you intrigued, always wanting to know what will happen next.
I loved reading this and honestly struggled to put it down. The mix of vulnerability, mystery, and unexpected twists kept me invested all the way through.
Well done, Christina, this was such a beautiful read, and I will definitely be picking up the next book!
December 30, 2025
If you need a good laugh, read Lavender.
If you need a good cry, read Lavender.
If you want a story that offers hope and connection… yup, you guessed it. Read Lavender.
I loved this story so much! I devoured it in less than 4 days. Every time I picked it up, I got lost in Lavender’s world — her friends, her family, her gift.
A wonderful, heart-warming read that will give you all the feels!!
If you need a good cry, read Lavender.
If you want a story that offers hope and connection… yup, you guessed it. Read Lavender.
I loved this story so much! I devoured it in less than 4 days. Every time I picked it up, I got lost in Lavender’s world — her friends, her family, her gift.
A wonderful, heart-warming read that will give you all the feels!!
September 16, 2025
I really enjoyed this book! Lavender has a message that is so relevant and needed right now. I loved seeing Lavender start to believe in herself and her own intuition. That is such an important life lesson, and the book illustrates this beautifully. I also loved the closeness of her family and relationships with her brothers. This book is a great reminder to find the good in the world, follow your passion and to be the change you want to see in the world. Great read!
November 6, 2025
This was a very interesting read! it was a little outside my normal genre, but I found it to be a very cozy and warm story. King did a great job mixing drama, Hallmark-y romance, music, and a touch of magical realism into one story, and I genuinely tore through the back half of the book to see how it'd all turn out. I am very curious about what's next since it's #1 of this saga! Overall enjoyable read that I will definitely keep around for a re-read.
December 14, 2025
This is an amazing story. I’m not someone who reads supernatural books, yet this author had me completely immersed in this world, crying, fully pulled in, and unaware that I lost my entire day. I loved it! Lavender’s character is both insecure and brave, and I truly enjoyed reading her journey.
Highly recommend this book!
Highly recommend this book!
October 28, 2025
Absolutely loved and flew through this book! A truly delightful and magical escape that kept me on the edge of my seat. I couldn’t put it down! Highly recommended!!!
Want to read
July 24, 2025Hi Reader,
Christina King here. Thanks for taking a chance on my indie novel, Lavender! I've been told it evokes "all the feels," and I hope it stirs something in you, too.
If you’re into music, small towns, mountain magic, sibling drama, and a slow-burn romance, this one’s for you. It's a YA novel but has been read and loved by readers of all ages.
I wrote this story while looking out at the San Juan Mountains in Colorado—my backyard and constant muse. Lavender is my small way of spreading hope for a better future. I think we can all agree that we could use some of that optimism right now.
This is book one in an upcoming series. Stay tuned for more!
Hugs,
Christina
Christina King here. Thanks for taking a chance on my indie novel, Lavender! I've been told it evokes "all the feels," and I hope it stirs something in you, too.
If you’re into music, small towns, mountain magic, sibling drama, and a slow-burn romance, this one’s for you. It's a YA novel but has been read and loved by readers of all ages.
I wrote this story while looking out at the San Juan Mountains in Colorado—my backyard and constant muse. Lavender is my small way of spreading hope for a better future. I think we can all agree that we could use some of that optimism right now.
This is book one in an upcoming series. Stay tuned for more!
Hugs,
Christina
July 29, 2025
I find it so satisfying to read a book that you don't want to put down. This beautiful story delivers! It offers all the required elements of mystery, fantasy, expectations and passages that bring you both tears and joy.
December 30, 2025
Such a gentle yet emotional read….
This story blends a bit of magical realism thoughtful exploration of identity,belonging and emotional growth. I was caught up in moments that felt so heavy and meaningful. Inviting empathy and understanding, as if I were the one seeing pieces of myself in the journey. This read offers such growth within, vulnerability and acceptance. Such a gentle yet emotionally powerful read you won't want to put down!
This story blends a bit of magical realism thoughtful exploration of identity,belonging and emotional growth. I was caught up in moments that felt so heavy and meaningful. Inviting empathy and understanding, as if I were the one seeing pieces of myself in the journey. This read offers such growth within, vulnerability and acceptance. Such a gentle yet emotionally powerful read you won't want to put down!
December 30, 2025
Gentle yet emotional....
This story blends a bit of magical realism thoughtful exploration of identity,belonging and emotional growth. I was caught up in moments that felt so heavy and meaningful. Inviting empathy and understanding, as if I were the one seeing pieces of myself in the journey. This read offers such growth within, vulnerability and acceptance. Such a gentle yet emotional lying powerful read you won't want to put down.
This story blends a bit of magical realism thoughtful exploration of identity,belonging and emotional growth. I was caught up in moments that felt so heavy and meaningful. Inviting empathy and understanding, as if I were the one seeing pieces of myself in the journey. This read offers such growth within, vulnerability and acceptance. Such a gentle yet emotional lying powerful read you won't want to put down.
September 10, 2025
🌟 ONE MILLION STARS. 🌟
Lavender by Christina King isn’t just a book, it’s a living, breathing piece of magic. This story doesn’t simply tell you what it’s like to be seventeen going on eighteen and falling in love for the first time; it takes you there, plants you in the very heart of that raw, electric, beautifully terrifying age, and refuses to let you go.
Every page thrums with the exquisite cocktail of first love: the dizzying passion, the unbearable sweetness, the secret insecurities you try to hide, and the all-consuming ache that feels like it might burn you alive. It’s the kind of writing that makes your heart stutter because you see yourself in it—your teenage self, your wildest dreams, your most fragile fears. The need for belonging, acceptance, and purpose in a world full of pain and grief.
Christina King has woven something lyrical, mysterious, and utterly sumptuous. Her prose is poetry that tastes like honey and salt—sweet and aching all at once. The atmosphere is lush and cinematic; the emotions so tangible they cling to your skin long after you’ve closed the book.
This is a story that will curl itself around your soul, whisper secrets you thought you’d forgotten, and make you remember exactly what it felt like to be on the cusp of adulthood with your heart wide open and your future shimmering in the distance.
📖✨ If books were edible, Lavender would be the most decadent feast you’ve ever had. I’d give it one million stars, but honestly? Even that’s not enough!! I cannot wait for book two!
Lavender by Christina King isn’t just a book, it’s a living, breathing piece of magic. This story doesn’t simply tell you what it’s like to be seventeen going on eighteen and falling in love for the first time; it takes you there, plants you in the very heart of that raw, electric, beautifully terrifying age, and refuses to let you go.
Every page thrums with the exquisite cocktail of first love: the dizzying passion, the unbearable sweetness, the secret insecurities you try to hide, and the all-consuming ache that feels like it might burn you alive. It’s the kind of writing that makes your heart stutter because you see yourself in it—your teenage self, your wildest dreams, your most fragile fears. The need for belonging, acceptance, and purpose in a world full of pain and grief.
Christina King has woven something lyrical, mysterious, and utterly sumptuous. Her prose is poetry that tastes like honey and salt—sweet and aching all at once. The atmosphere is lush and cinematic; the emotions so tangible they cling to your skin long after you’ve closed the book.
This is a story that will curl itself around your soul, whisper secrets you thought you’d forgotten, and make you remember exactly what it felt like to be on the cusp of adulthood with your heart wide open and your future shimmering in the distance.
📖✨ If books were edible, Lavender would be the most decadent feast you’ve ever had. I’d give it one million stars, but honestly? Even that’s not enough!! I cannot wait for book two!
Displaying 1 - 12 of 12 reviews