Sometimes you can survive for so long that you forget you’re supposed to live.

Sienna Coleman works full-time while attending college classes at night, raising her young daughter, and keeping the peace in a marriage that long ago stopped feeling like love. For years, she convinced herself that stability was enough, even if it meant silencing her voice in the name of harmony.

Exhausted from trying to hold everything together, she barely recognizes the woman staring back at her.

But she can’t do it anymore, so she leaves.

At her lowest, she meets Xavier Dalton. His patience, steadiness, and unwavering respect challenge everything she thought she knew about love. And for the first time, Sienna begins to believe that love doesn't have to hurt.

But opening her heart also means risking the one thing she fought so hard to reclaim: herself. She’s determined not to do that again, even for someone who feels like home. Because to find peace, Sienna must first find herself. That means reconnecting with her father’s family, the people she was raised to believe never wanted her.

What begins as a search for answers becomes a journey of healing, forcing her to confront generational wounds, redefine her worth, and imagine a future where she's just as deserving of peace as she is of love.

*This book touches on emotional subjects such as spousal manipulation, adultery, and abandonment in addition to mature language and sexual situations.