Author name: Hauda.A

FIVE YEARS LATER “Mama! Mama, I found something!” I looked up from my laptop. Aria was at my writing studio

We found the box during spring cleaning. Three years married, one year approved as foster parents, and we were finally

The final renovation was complete two years after our wedding. Every room restored to its 1892 glory. Original woodwork refinished.

We got married at 42 Maple Street on a perfect June afternoon. The entire town showed up. Mars officiated, wearing

The memoir, “The House That Kept Me,” hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list in March. I was

Jaxon proposed on Valentine’s Day. I should have seen it coming. He’d been acting weird for weeks—nervous, secretive, checking his

We’d been living together since October. But it was December when Jaxon asked the question that made it official. “Do

I called Cleo back the next morning. “Tell me about the memoir offer,” I said. “Good morning to you too.”