The Things We Keep

“Grief has a way of playing tricks with time.

Whole days spent in a fugue state. Whole lifetimes passing by in reverse. Infinities elapsing in seconds. Long lost in daydream reels of memory. Cycling through the stages in a dizzying whirlwind of emotions you couldn’t even begin to hope to see your way clear of. Jagged edges left at the seams.

It will leave you breathless.”

Skylar Medina is no stranger to loss.

The echoing void was something she’d thought she’d left behind when she met Michael. With his carefree laughter and all the light he brought into her life, Skylar thought she was on her way to getting everything she’d ever wanted — a family, a home.

When Michael is killed in a car accident, Skylar finds herself back in the pit again, haunted by ghosts and shadows in the pitch black inkiness.

Robed with rage and despair, she wears her grief like a crown of thorns. From her throne of destruction, she finds herself asking herself the same question over and over again —What if I never get over this?

But then there’s Logan.

Careful and sensitive Logan who finds her in a field with a dirt-stained, thorn-torn dress on what was supposed to be her wedding day.

Soulful and sincere Logan who opens his heart and his home to her when he finds himself in need of a babysitter for his three-year old daughter.

Beautiful Logan who listens, just listens.

Logan who makes her feel alive and open and full of possibility.

Logan who she just can’t seem to stay away from.

Will Skylar have the strength to let love in again? Or will she let anger and grief destroy her?

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