Not Enough Splendid Days

Luly Carter is trying to hold herself together while building a life she can be proud of. She runs Aura Beauty Bar. She is raising a toddler who depends on her. She has a best friend who refuses to let her fall apart. She is still grieving, still learning, still trying to breathe even when the hurt does not always leave.

She is not perfect. She is simply surviving. And that counts.

Then August King steps back into her life.

August King has everything people chase. Power. Money. Control. But the only thing he ever really wanted was the quiet girl he noticed years ago. The girl who never tried to impress anyone. The girl whose kindness felt natural, not loud.

Now he is raising his adopted sister Rosella and carrying responsibilities no one really sees. He meets Luly again, and the feeling never really went away. It only grew quieter.

Their worlds begin to gently overlap. Coffee at Aura. Short conversations. Soft glances that say more than words. Nothing rushed. Nothing forced. Just healing. Just choosing. Just learning how to love carefully, without losing themselves.

This is not a story about someone saving someone else.

It is about staying.
It is about trying again.
It is about believing that even with grief, there can still be small, beautiful moments.

The heart of this book follows Luly and August. But other voices speak too. Rosella. Sydney. Others whose lives touch theirs. Each of them holds their own story, and one day, each one will have their own book.

Because life does not always give us many splendid days.

But sometimes, the few we do get are enough.