Five years.
In five years, Jack's wife left him, his partner was killed, and he was all alone to take care of his daughter.
After five years, Jack Marshall had enough.
Uprooting their lives, he and his daughter head to the small town of Lavender, a scene much different from the hectic city life of Detroit. He's hired on as a Sheriff's deputy, lives in a little two-bedroom apartment, and even adopts a tabby called Ollie. He finally gets a chance to breathe.
Years following the death of his partner, though, Jack struggles to cope and it begins to affect his job. He takes it upon himself to seek help, for his and his daughter's sake. At the suggestion of a therapist, he signs up for an art class and it's there that life throws him another curveball.
That curveball's name is Kayleigh Homer, the art teacher.
***Warning
This book contains adult themes such as cursing, trauma, and mental health issues like PTSD, anxiety, and depression. It also will have sexual content.
You've been warned***
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
*****
It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
[[word count: 40,000-50,000 words]]