Jade's Journal
Ongoing Series
Jade's Journal is an ongoing novella series written one book at a time. You only need to purchase this collection once—new installments will be added as Jade's journey into adulthood continues.
For readers who want even more, join my Fiction Fan Club to receive handcrafted books, audiobooks, exclusive mailings, behind-the-scenes content, and more.
Jade, a soon-to-be graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, unexpectedly finds herself with an entire spring semester free while she waits to graduate alongside her college best friend, Maddy.
After five demanding years of undergraduate study, she is preparing to begin medical school at Johns Hopkins University. With no classes, no obligations, and no plans for her final months in Madison, Jade decides to experience everything the city has to offer before leaving it behind forever.
Disillusioned after a painful first experience with dating, Jade has convinced herself that love simply isn't part of her future. Her life, she believes, will be defined by achievement, ambition, and a career in medicine.
But life rarely follows the plans we make.
Through a series of journal entries, chance encounters, and quiet moments of reflection, Jade begins to discover that the future she imagined for herself may not be the one she is destined to live. As she explores Madison's most memorable places—locations she always intended to visit during college but never found the time for—she finds herself slipping into a world where memory, hope, romance, and imagination intertwine.
What begins as a farewell tour of a beloved college town slowly transforms into an intimate coming-of-age story about love, identity, and the unexpected ways life rewrites our plans.
