Tender Scars

📚Book Two of the Broken Heart Series

The story continues with what they couldn’t forget, and what they can no longer ignore. 

Ryin Di Donato is out of ways to hide. She’s lost her best friend, her place at school, and the sense of control she once had over her life. When a visit to the clinic changes the course of her future, she’s forced to confront the truth about her past and what it’s cost her. Whether it’s consequence or chance, Ryin has to decide what she’s willing to face and who she can trust when silence no longer protects her.

After a summer away, Constanza Moriyadi returns to campus feeling like a stranger in her own life. Her friendships are strained, her emotions are scattered, and she’s tired of pretending she’s okay. She starts to question the choices she’s made, the people she’s held onto, and the version of herself she’s outgrown, determined to figure out what she actually wants and who she wants to be.

David Saxe is back in school after months of family therapy that forced him to confront the pressure he’s lived under since his brother’s death. He’s learning to separate his father’s expectations from his own and to define success on his own terms. But being near Constanza again challenges everything he thought he’d moved past.

Zoie Belafonte is trying to believe in good things again. Healing has taught her to tell the difference between effort and manipulation, and that not every kind of love hurts. As she lets go of the past, her connection with Harold grows into something unexpected. Something that reminds her that friendship and love can both be safe to believe in again.

Tender Scars is a story about the quiet process of healing, the weight of forgiveness, and the strength it takes to rebuild trust in others and in yourself.