by Donna Berdel | Sep 26, 2023 | Time to read
Chapter One Fatigue settled into my bones as I hunched my head and shoulders against the frigid wind pressing into my chest, fighting for every step through the snow. We—me and the other survivors of the last round of Winterfest Games—had been hiking through the...
by Donna Berdel | Aug 5, 2023 | Time to read
Chapter One Vacations were supposed to be about discovery. Some people jaunted off to discover fun. Some people were whisked away to discover themselves. Apparently, I flitted off so I could forget. Literally. I frowned at the empty drawers of the armoire, unable to...
by Donna Berdel | Jun 12, 2023 | Time to read
Chapter One “Let’s all raise our glasses and drink to Lacy. If you’re up there listening, Lacy, we miss you more than words can say.” The young, tawny-haired woman standing on a portable dais in front of the massive stone fireplace sniffled and hoisted her wine glass...
by Donna Berdel | May 11, 2023 | Time to read
Chapter One I entered the final stretch of my eighteen-hundred-mile drive fueled on the fumes of a two-hour-old caffeine stop, nineties rock, and the emotional turbulence of a person who’d recently discovered her entire life was a lie. For a good chunk of the journey,...