The Inspiration Behind Someone Like You

They say life can be stranger than fiction—and for me, that became very real one Halloween night.

My brother pulled up in front of my house in his Suburban, towing a massive trailer, like something out of a scene you wouldn’t quite believe if you read it in a book. At the time, his situation felt chaotic and frustrating. It wasn’t funny. It was messy, inconvenient, and a little overwhelming.

But later—after the repairs were done and things settled—I found myself replaying it differently.

That’s when the story started to take shape.

What if a moment like that didn’t just disrupt someone’s life… but brought someone back into it?

The scenes set in Mexico are also rooted in real places from my only trip there—places that stayed with me long after I left, and that helped shape the atmosphere and emotion of this story in a way I didn’t expect.

In Someone Like You, Oakley Dawson has built a life that feels safe—quiet, controlled, and carefully guarded after heartbreak.

Then Lincoln Baxter comes back into it.

He was her first love. The one who broke her trust. And now he’s standing in her driveway, fixing her brother’s abandoned SUV like no time has passed at all.

Being around him again stirs everything she thought she’d put behind her. And Lincoln is determined to prove he’s changed—that he’s no longer the boy who hurt her.

But some things don’t stay buried.

Old fears, unanswered questions, and the weight of what they never resolved begin to surface, threatening the fragile trust they’re trying to rebuild.

Oakley is left with a choice: protect the life she’s carefully built… or risk everything on a second chance at a love that might finally be real.

If this story speaks to you, you can find Someone Like You on Amazon here.