This one is, as always, for my people who want to save the broken birds.
You know who you are. And you know I’m right there with you.
On a personal note. Many of you know that I wrote this book about my husband, as a sort of love letter to what we were going through at the time. As it turns out, this was my last love letter to him. The divorce is going to be final a few months after the publication of this compilation, and my heart is well and truly broken.
Also, I did not plan very well. It never occurred to me that I’d be editing and revising this book months before our final goodbye, and that it would be one of the most painful experiences possible.
But—and this is important—I wouldn’t change it for the world. Because I’m an older and wiser author than I was when I wrote Tattoos and Guitars, and now I can see everything more clearly than I did before. I’ve grown a TON, and I like to think that I brought that to Rivers and Lila, to make them fuller and even larger than life.
To give them the bigger HEA they deserved.
Now, do I think my husband and I deserved that HEA? Jury’s still out on that one. I think he gave me the material to write one of my best ever characters, and maybe that’s the gift that keeps on giving.
I am SO, SO PROUD to bring you Lila and River’s story a year later,with a new edit, new scenes, and a whole lot of development. Also, can we talk about this cover??? This couple wanted something bigger than they originally got, and I couldn’t be more pleased with how this cover (and the one for the second book!) turned out.
Thank you all for sticking on this journey with me. I’ve loved all the notes of encouragement, and the support as I took 2024 off to try to find my heart again. The good news is, it’s back.
The even better news is I have soooooo many books to write!
Love you all so much, and I’ll see you on the road! (and PS, grab Noah and Molly’s story now, and watch for Matt and Anna to explode onto the scene this spring!)
-Q