First published 2026
Livia Cable has settled into quiet life in farm country, her marriage steady if unremarkable. Then her phone rings. The voice belongs to a man she knew decades ago when she was Livia Bohusz, a promising pianist at music conservatory. He wants to see her again. The request forces Livia back into memories she has spent years avoiding. As a young woman, she had talent and ambition. She also had trauma from childhood loss and abandonment. This man became her obsession, then her destruction. He shattered her faith in love and derailed her musical career. Now Livia must decide whether to meet him or refuse. The choice means confronting what happened between them, examining each painful memory like movements in a dance. Her past and present collide as she weighs the cost of reopening old wounds against the possibility of understanding what broke her life in two.
Genres: literary-fiction, contemporary, psychological-thriller, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
352 pages · Hardcover · Harper
Content warnings: abuse, emotional-abuse