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Higher Love by Joanne Kukanza Easley

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  HIGHER LOVE By JOANNE KUKANZA EASLEY Women’s Literary Fiction Publisher: Red Boots Press Pages: 380 Publication Date: May 12, 2025 SYNOPSIS Higher Love - the new release from Joanne Kukanza Easley, the multi-award-winning author of Sweet Jane , Just One Look , and I’ll Be Seeing You . In 1986 Austin, Texas, sixteen-year-old Stephanie steps into sixty-two-year-old Lauren’s life, her uncanny resemblance cracking open a buried past. Claiming to be the daughter of the child Lauren gave up for adoption forty-five years ago, Stephanie upends Lauren’s life—already complicated by her remarriage to Brett after thirty-three years apart. Stung by her adoptive grandmother’s deception, Stephanie stays, her past of tragedy and self-harm forging a fragile bond with Lauren and Brett. When Stephanie’s trust fund evaporates, crushing her college dreams, Lauren sacrifices all to give her a future—only to face a bittersweet twist that echoes the past and changes everything. This heart-wrenching ...