Companion novels, because our lives overlap, but our stories are our own.
Companion novels are stand-alone novels that have commingled characters.
Are you wondering what that means? It means that each of Grace’s books has one main character and the story is told in her/his point of view (POV). Why? Because that’s how life works. We live our own lives, perhaps focusing on someone else more than ourselves-our children, our partners, our parents, our friends-but it’s still our life. Our singular story.
But our stories aren’t lived in a vacuum. Each person we interact with also lives her/his/their own life, has their own story. We commingle.
Sometimes lives might appear parallel, and other times they collide. Sometimes we influence others, and sometimes we’re influenced by them. And sometimes we’re so caught up in our own issues we fail to notice that other lives are living all around us.
On the surface Grace’s characters may appear like everyone else, but behind closed doors a lot happens. By reading these companion novels you’ll explore many of the different interests, experiences, crises, and relationships that form American life.
While the books are stand-alone novels, you’ll have a richer experience by reading each companion book. In fact, scenes involving the main characters from two books appear in each book, giving you both sides of that story.
Grace’s first book, All at Once, is Dawn’s story, while the companion novel, Once You Know, is Ryah’s story, Dawn’s daughter. Just like life, these two characters live their own lives, at times together and more often apart. And life is a lot more complicated than it appears on the surface.