Why I wrote about a woman starting over

Carla Benton arrived in my imagination fully formed — a woman whose carefully arranged life is one collapsed plan away from becoming something better. Writing her felt like eavesdropping on a friend who has finally decided to tell the truth.

If you've ever had to begin again — a career, a relationship, a dream — I hope you'll see yourself in these pages. Starting over isn't the end of the story. For my heroines, it's where the story finally begins.