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Blossoms of Resilience

Book one of Love Beyond Labels

When Hana and Jake divorced, she knew she was destined to be alone. That was fine. Her ex-husband has more energy than a Jack Russell and after a decade + with him AND their two kids, she’s fine growing into an old, fat cat lady in her Brooklyn brownstone.

Hana settles into the rhythm of being a single mom of her daughter and Autistic son. Jake and his new girlfriend are her two closest friends, and she’s content. Until a hot, widowed, younger single dad moves in next door. And then…Covid, and their little street becomes a Covid Pod and there is nowhere Hana can go to escape Carter.

Carter is a 5 alarm fire and Hana has no intention of getting lost in those flames, but Carter sees a passionate, striking woman who steals his breath away.

Between her meddling ex, Carter’s judgemental mother, Hana’s insecurities and the challenges of raising a child on the spectrum, can Hana and Carter really make it work?

A Word From Aurora

I’m not sure when I started writing this particular novel. I’ve been a writer all my life. I’ve got stories from when I was a kid that I bugged my mom to bind. I have journals of poetry, half started short stories, plots, lists of favorite adjectives. My dad always said that if I wasn’t reading, I was writing, and sometimes I was doing both.

I felt then, and feel now, compelled to write. It’s like breathing.

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Love Beyond Labels

Love Beyond Labels is a series set in New York City. The characters are part of a support group for mothers of children on the Autism Spectrum. These stories reflect part of Aurora’s journey as the mother of an ASD child, although she never lived in New York, just enjoyed visiting and hopes to again.

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