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Soft Fire
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 23 2025
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Veyah Cole is a talented visual artist and single mother who has spent three years in an on-again, off-again relationship with Yani Clarke, a rising R&B musician. Their love burns bright but destructive-passion without the tools to sustain it, intensity without the maturity to make it last. When their final breakup happens in a Las Vegas hotel room, both women are forced to confront the painful truth: sometimes loving someone isn't enough.
Six months later, they're both rebuilding. Veyah has learned to paint from wholeness rather than heartbreak, creating art that belongs entirely to her while raising her seven-year-old son, Zae. Yani channels her growth into an emotionally raw EP that transforms their relationship into music, proving she can love someone better in song than she ever could in person.
When they unexpectedly encounter each other at an art opening, the carefully built boundaries they've established begin to shift. What starts as a tentative friendship evolves into something deeper as they discover that individual healing has given them tools they never had before-the ability to communicate without drama, to love without losing themselves, and to choose each other consciously instead of desperately.
But patterns run deep, and when old secrets surface during a career-defining weekend in Vegas, they must decide whether they're truly different people capable of building something sustainable, or whether some loves are meant to remain beautiful memories rather than lasting partnerships.
Set against the backdrop of Los Angeles' creative communities, this is a story about second chances, the difference between loving someone and knowing how to love them well, and what happens when two people brave enough to grow individually discover they might be even braver together.
A mature exploration of love, art, and the courage it takes to try again.
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