Riverbend: Becoming Riley

By mx Breanna Leigh and Breanna Leigh

Two families. One moment that changes everything.

In a crowded Northern Irish restaurant filled with music and laughter, and across the world at a chaotic birthday celebration, two little girls are surrounded by love.

Riley and Harper grow up in different worlds-
until tragedy rewrites both of their lives in a single moment.

What follows isn't a story about loss.

It's a story about what comes after.

Raised together in rural Australia by a small, unconventional network of caregivers, they grow side by side-forming a bond long before they have the words to understand it.

Through shared meals, messy mornings, school days, and the quiet spaces in between, they begin to build something new.

Not from what they've lost-
but from who stayed.

Riley is quiet, observant, and deeply feeling-her silence not emptiness, but protection.
Harper is bold, chaotic, and impossible to ignore-the spark that keeps everything moving.

Together, they learn who they are in the space between grief and laughter, chaos and care.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GG46MPT2
• ISBN13: 9798243325912
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 654 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"