First published 2023
Sadie Montgomery has just achieved her biggest career milestone. She placed as a finalist in the North American Portrait Society competition. Then she wakes up in a hospital bed with face blindness. Every person she looks at becomes a scrambled puzzle of eyes, noses, and mouths that refuse to form a coherent picture. Reading faces now feels like trying to decipher text written upside down in a foreign language. Sadie must navigate this bewildering new world while protecting her art career, managing family conflicts, and caring for her dog Peanut. Two very different men enter her life at the worst possible moment. She cannot tell if what she feels is love, attraction, or simply a distraction from her mounting problems. Her vision may be compromised, but Sadie discovers that clarity sometimes comes from unexpected directions. Some truths only reveal themselves when you stop searching so hard.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, second-chance
323 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: medical-trauma