The Year Before Hope

Taylor believed that if she could just have a baby, everything else in her life would finally make sense.

The growing distance in her marriage.
The grief she never fully unpacked.
The persistent feeling that she was falling behind in life.

As fertility treatments and appointments blur together and disappointment becomes routine, Taylor navigates a marriage under strain, a body she no longer trusts, and the long shadow of a childhood loss that still shapes how she understands love and fear.

When a devastating loss reopens old wounds, the fragile balance she's been holding onto begins to collapse, pushing Taylor into a downward spiral she can no longer ignore.

Forced to confront both her past and the future she imagined, Taylor must decide whether clinging to a single vision of happiness is worth losing everything else she already has.

The Year Before Hope is a tender, emotionally honest novel about infertility, marriage, and the way grief lingers beneath the surface of everyday life. It explores what happens when the future you planned slips out of reach, and how healing can still take root in the space that remains.

Thoughtful and character-driven, this story is for readers who appreciate intimate women's fiction that doesn't shy away from difficult emotions, yet ultimately honors resilience, connection, and the possibility of hope.

Every purchase helps make a difference
For every 10 paperback copies sold, a miscarriage care kit is donated to support women experiencing pregnancy loss through the Early Pregnancy Loss Association.