A Note From the Author

Dear Reader,

Every book I've written has demanded something different of me. Not just the time and technical difficulty of writing a novel — though there's always plenty of that — but something deeper. The stories and characters I'm drawn to write tend to ask a lot, and in return they give a lot back.

I always end up falling in love with the characters I create. I get to live with them as constant companions for months, sometimes years, and every single time I come out the other side having learned something about myself I didn't expect.

I write the books I write because I believe stories have power. Maybe not to fix us, but to sit with us — let us know we aren't alone as we navigate the painful places and pitfalls we all encounter.

Stories can bear witness to the things that are hardest to live with — pain, fear, trauma, complicated love, all the wounds that never seem to fully close. But they can also offer healing, hope, and a way to see how things might have been. How things could still be.

It's my wish that in every book you pick up of mine, you find something you need or love.

Thank you for giving me some of your time and letting me share these characters and stories with you. It means the world to me.

With all my thanks,

Jenni