Epilogue

By Y.H. Duval

For thirty-four years, Nadia Dumas built a life with Michel, the only man she ever imagined loving.

Twenty months after Michel's death, she has done everything expected of her. She has downsized to a charming lakeside cottage as they'd planned, surrounded herself with good friends, returned to healthy routines, and learned to carry her grief with quiet grace. She tells herself she is content.

Then she meets Lucien Moreau.

A fellow widower with a gentle heart, an easy laugh, and a grief that mirrors her own, Lucien understands the language of profound loss in ways no one else can. Their friendship begins over morning workouts, pickleball, and two devoted dachshunds, growing into something neither of them expected-and something Nadia isn't sure she's allowed to want.

As memories of the extraordinary marriage that shaped her life intertwine with the fragile hope of an unexpected future, Nadia must confront the question that haunts every widow who has loved deeply:

Can opening her heart again honor the life she shared... rather than betray it?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HBR5FXVX
• ISBN13: 9798188726409
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"