Borrowed Courage:
At nineteen, she is desperate to feel free — free from her parents’ expectations, free from arguments, free to define herself on her own terms. When the opportunity to belong presents itself, she reaches for the glass in her hand and says yes.
What feels like courage is only borrowed. And the cost comes due.
Borrowed Courage is a story about rebellion, peer pressure, and the long shadow cast by a single choice.
After the Party Ends:
After the Party Ends is a redemptive coming-of-age novel about innocence, consequence, and the long road back to oneself.
At twenty-three, life feels endless — a string of parties, late nights, and the intoxicating freedom of youth. But when a single night ends in irreversible tragedy, everything changes. Blame settles where grief should be. Guilt becomes louder than memory. And the girl who once believed nothing could touch her must confront the weight of what happened.
Told in close third person, the story moves between the months leading up to that night and the fragile aftermath that follows — exploring love, responsibility, and the complicated truth that redemption is not the same as erasing the past.
As she learns to live with what she cannot undo, an unexpected romance offers the possibility of healing — if she is brave enough to believe she deserves it.
Raw, intimate, and ultimately hopeful, After the Party Ends is a story about the moment innocence breaks — and the years it takes to rebuild.
Evelyn Kane 