Love stories don’t begin with fireworks.
They begin in quiet seasons—before everything changes.
If you’re drawn to emotionally layered romance, reflective storytelling, and the moments before love unravels and reshapes us, you’re in the right place.
A free prelude to the novel Blooming Lies.
Before the Bloom is a short, sweet novel written to capture the quiet season and life in Cherry Hill before Emma ventured out to see what all she could become. Leaving the safety net and comfort of family, and the coziness of her home was exciting.
Experience who Emma was before. When her life was ideal. She meets Joey. He is everything she could imagine. He proposes after just two months. But when you know, you know, right? All is well. For now.
Emma does not know unexpected events are about to turn her entire world on its side.
And the relationship that feels ideal—until it doesn’t.
Emma believes she’s found solid ground.
A loving fiancé.
A rising career.
A future carefully planned.
But sometimes life rearranges itself without warning.
Blooming Lies is a story about:
The illusion of certainty
The cost of pretending
And the unexpected connection that changes everything
If you felt the quiet unease beneath Emma’s perfect life…
If you sensed the shift before the fall…
You’re already closer to this story than you think.
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“Maybe I didn’t lose everything. Maybe I only lost what was never meant to stay. And what remains… is where my new life begins.”
~ Sofia Bly