Sam — charcoal sketch
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The woman next door
Sam
Still learning that staying is its own kind of brave.
The Novel
I Meant You
A friends-to-lovers, single-parent romance.
Sam has spent three years rebuilding a life for herself and her daughter—far from the man who broke her trust and close to the one friend who helped her put the pieces back together.
Nick has spent eight years raising two girls on his own, holding everything together with rules he never breaks: never be late, never make a promise you can’t keep, say the hard thing out loud before it becomes a lie.
They’ve never been more than best friends. That’s the safest thing either of them has—for them, and for the three girls who have quietly become one family.
Until a dance lesson, a misunderstood word, and a kiss that was never supposed to happen shatter the only boundary they had left—and force them both to decide what matters more: the safety of what they were, or the terrifying possibility of what they could be.
An emotional, dual-POV romance about two people who built a family before they knew they were falling in love.
“How do you come back from almost?”
- Closed Door
- Friends to Lovers
- Slow Burn
- Single Parent
- Found Family
- Character-Driven
The People
Meet the Characters
Rendered in charcoal — moody, hand-drawn, and turned away, so they stay yours to imagine.
Nick — charcoal sketch
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The single dad
Nick
Guarded, gentle, and learning to hope again.
Heather — charcoal sketch
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Sam’s daughter
Heather
The heart of the found family.
Sophie — charcoal sketch
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Nick’s daughter · 11
Sophie
Quiet and watchful, holding more than she says.
Ava — charcoal sketch
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Nick’s daughter · 8
Ava
Loud, playful, and impossible not to love.