Wax Doesn’t Forget: A Novel of Women, Proximity, and Power

Five friends. One city. A secret buried in wax and paper.Nora, Elise, Marisol, Tamsin, and Jade thought their past was behind them, locked away in memories they could control. Then the letters arrive. Each envelope carries a message from the women they used to be—messages that demand reckoning, reveal ambition, ignite desire, and expose the truths they worked so hard to hide.As they read and reread the letters, old alliances shift. Rivalries ignite. Secrets unravel. Every choice they made, every life they built, is measured against the woman they were and the woman they still hope to become. No one emerges unscathed, and each must confront the question that has always loomed: Who do I choose to be when no one else is watching?Set in a city alive with wind, water, and glass, Wax Doesn’t Forget is a novel about friendship, power, memory, and the courage it takes to rewrite your own story. It is a story of women who face the past without fear, claim their present with intention, and choose futures that burn with honesty, heat, and complexity. Read more