Erased, Not Gone: A Suspenseful Sci-Fi Romance Novella

By Joynell Schultz

She couldn't remember who she was.
He was terrified she would.

She woke up strapped to a table with no name, no past, and no idea what she'd done to deserve it.

In a near-future world where memory can be erased and identities rebuilt from scratch, Lena Hale is prisoner 450 - wiped clean and released into a society that expects her to start over. Her assigned Guardian, Parker Ward, is steady and warm and knows just a little too much about who she used to be.

She's supposed to look forward. He's supposed to keep his distance.
Neither of them is very good at following the rules.

She was starting to feel safe. That was probably the warning sign.

When a stranger appears on her doorstep and mentions a jazz bar she's never been to, something inside her responds anyway. Lena begins to suspect the woman she was didn't disappear. She just went quiet.

Erased, Not Gone is a standalone slow-burn second chance romantic suspense novella set in a near-future America where rehabilitation means erasure, second chances come with surveillance, and the most dangerous thing Lena can do is remember who she really is.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H6K6C1PY
• ISBN13: 9798181921214
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"