Twelve
Months
of June


One year. Everything changes.

Adult Upmarket Fiction · 98,000 words

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Malibu

A Debut Novel

At twenty-six, June’s life is a hot mess—especially compared to her estranged half-sister, Alana, whose polished Los Angeles life only highlights how far June has fallen. Fed up, June’s father delivers a brutal ultimatum: fix her life within one year or surrender her independence and move under his roof. Desperate to prove that she’s not the family screw-up, June strikes a last-ditch bargain: her dad bankrolls her move to L.A. if she spies on Alana’s new husband, a man he’s convinced is hiding something.

Thrust into a new city and an uneasy reunion, June struggles to rebuild her life and her fractured relationship with Alana who fiercely guards her carefully constructed world. As June digs for evidence on her sister’s husband, she’s caught between old resentments, new responsibilities, and the growing realization that she isn’t the only one keeping secrets. With the clock ticking on her father’s ultimatum, June must decide whether to expose the truth she was sent to uncover and keep her independence, or protect the fragile ties she’s spent a year trying to repair.

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A character-driven, humorous, and emotionally complicated ride through a quarter-life crisis and a new city.