Set in 2007, A Light and Tragic Love Story follows Erin, a sculptor newly out of a hollow marriage and unsure whether love still applies to her at all. Living in a rural area, still on dial-up, she drifts through online dating and small routines, expecting very little.

​She remains entangled with her ex-husband, Gerry—familiar, persistent, and increasingly unable to accept that it's over. Then Jaime arrives without ceremony, offering something quieter, steadier, and harder to categorize. What begins casually accelerates quickly. For a brief stretch of time, everything aligns.

​Two months later, it's over.

​The novel traces what remains: memory, desire, unresolved attachment, and the damage left when the happiest chapter of a life ends without warning. Spare, dialogue-driven, and darkly funny, A Light and Tragic Love Story is less interested in how love begins than in what survives it.

“Will keep readers guessing, laughing, and crying until its satisfying conclusion.”

—— D. Donovan, Midwest Book Review

Content note: For mature readers. Contains strong language, sexual content, and substance abuse.