The Inspiration Behind Rewriting Love

Much of my writing is rooted in real-life experiences—moments that didn’t arrive when I expected them to.

I know what it’s like to face changes in your body earlier than you’re ready for. To feel, in quiet and unsettling ways, older than your time. There’s a particular kind of disorientation in that—like something fundamental has shifted before you’ve had the chance to catch up.

That experience stayed with me. And it became the seed for a character who feels, at times, like her own body is betraying her… yet still finds her way back to purpose, to strength, and to a life that feels fully hers again.

While I haven’t lived every part of Savannah Hill’s story, some pieces come from a deeply personal place. Raising a chronically ill child has given me an intimate understanding of the fear, uncertainty, and emotional weight that come with loving someone through things you can’t control. It reshapes you. It teaches you how to keep going even when you’re not sure what comes next.

Savannah carries that same quiet resilience.

Believing her hardest days are behind her, she finalizes her divorce and sets out to rebuild her life on her own terms. With her daughter away for the summer, she leans into solitude—determined to keep things simple, to avoid the kind of vulnerability that love demands.

But then there’s Cole Stratton.

Their connection isn’t about rescue. It’s about recognition. About being seen in a way that feels both unsettling and undeniable. And as Savannah begins to rediscover parts of herself she thought were gone—desire, hope, possibility—she’s forced to ask a difficult question:

Is love after heartbreak a risk… or is it the life she’s been slowly learning how to claim?

If this story resonates, you can find Rewriting Love on Amazon.