Smoke Without Fire
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Last published Sat, Mar 1, 2025
Secrets followed Karalynn through most of her life.
In an effort to appease those around her she created a brand new personality. Now, nearly twenty-seven, she's not sure who she is or wants to be. She can't even admit to the relationship she's kept secret from her own friends for three years. The guilt eats away at her but she'd never notice, deafening her own accusatory thoughts with loud music, dancing, and drinking.
When her friends and family all start moving away the thoughts grow louder before she's lost and alone in their wake. As they spiral out of her control the reality she's faced with terrifies her. A lifetime of ignoring where she came from and where she's going finally backfires as she's forced to face the truth. With a little help from someone she least expected as an ally everything starts to fall into place. Until one final ghost from her past comes to remind her just who she really is.
{Spin-off and book 3 in the "Living To Exist" series}
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