On a small, sun-warmed island, a poor but loving family has nothing in the world but each other — until tragedy tears them apart. Separated from her beloved older brother as a child, Lyla grows up carrying a grief she can never quite outrun.
Years later, she has remade herself: a gifted heart doctor in the city, a new name, a new life beside the man who loves her. But love, once found, is fragile — and when illness threatens everything she has rebuilt, Lyla must learn whether a heart can survive losing what it treasures most.
Spanning childhood and adulthood, love and loss, Forever Love is a tender, deeply emotional story about family, faith, and the bonds that time and distance can never break. Some loves fade. This one never does.
Available now in paperback & Kindle on Amazon.
Nikki Cortana writes the kind of stories that stay with you long after the last page — tender, heartfelt fiction about love, family, faith, and the quiet courage it takes to keep going. She believes the deepest stories are the ones that make us feel less alone.
When she isn't writing, she's spending time with family, in her garden or thinking of her next story. Forever Love is her debut novella.
Behind-the-scenes notes, release news, and a little inspiration along the way.
My debut novella, Forever Love, is now available in paperback and Kindle on Amazon — the story of Lyla, a girl who loses her brother and her whole world on a small island, and the woman she becomes when she dares to build a life again.
Every story starts somewhere. This one started with an island — sun-warmed, poor, and full of love — and a brother and sister who had nothing in the world but each other, and one question I couldn't put down.
Welcome — I'm so glad you're here. I write tender, heartfelt stories about love, family, and the quiet courage it takes to keep going. A little about this place, and an invitation to stay.
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