Full of joy, overflowing with hope for the future. Grateful for the now. It doesn’t make the sorrow of loss hurt any less, but I know now that you can survive it. And maybe, if you can hold on a little longer, if you can try to trade hope for despair, you’ll find something beyond the sorrow.
You won’t forget.
There’s no replacing those whom you’ve lost, those who have been taken too soon. But you can still live. And if they’re anything like my dear, beloved, departed Adrian, they’d want you to live on, to find hope, to seek new meaning and new joy.
That, I believe, is the Art to Living.
THE END
A Note From Jasinda & Jack
A few things, before you go.
First: no, neither of us are dying! Just forestalling any worries you may have about this being in some way autobiographical.
Second: if you’ve read anything else by us, you know music is an integral part of our process. Sometimes it features heavily in the story, sometimes it’s just in the background, part of the writing process. This one is a bit unique, in that regard. There are songs in it, meant to provide a kind of soundtrack, but the music which inspired us and provided the melody and rhythm of our writing is a band of extraordinarily talented young people: The Hunts.
They don’t know we’re acknowledging them in this; we don’t know them nor they us, except insofar as we love their music. We’re not sponsored or sponsoring or affiliated or anything, we’re just putting it out there that we listened to them A LOT as we wrote this story, and want more people to listen to and love their music.
Lastly: Thank you, thank you, thank you. We know this story is different for us. We know it’s heavy at times. But, in this difficult and quicksilver era of our cultural history, we felt it appropriate to dig in and tell a story which moves us, which inspires us, which challenges us, and which might change us.
We hope you love this story, that it touches you and perhaps makes you cling more tightly to your loved ones. Hold them close, and tell them how much they mean to you. Love is all.
In the words of Lin Manuel-Miranda: “Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love, cannot be killed or swept aside. Now fill the world with music, love, and pride.” This story is our attempt to fill the world with music, love, and pride.
Also by Jasinda Wilder
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The Preacher's Son:
Unbound
Unleashed
Unbroken
Biker Billionaire:
Wild Ride
Delilah's Diary:
A Sexy Journey
La Vita Sexy
A Sexy Surrender
Big Girls Do It:
Boxed Set
Married
Pregnant
Rock Stars Do It:
Dirty
Forever
Omnibus
From the world of Big Girls and Rock Stars:
Big Love Abroad
The Falling Series:
Falling Into You
Falling Into Us
Falling Under
Falling Away
Falling for Colton
The Ever Trilogy:
Forever & Always
After Forever
Saving Forever
From the world of Wounded:
Wounded
Captured
From the world of Stripped:
Stripped
Trashed
From the world of Alpha:
Alpha
Beta
Omega
Harris: Alpha One Security Book 1
Thresh: Alpha One Security Book 2
Duke: Alpha One Security Book 3
Puck: Alpha One Security Book 4
Lear: Alpha One Security Book 5
Anselm: Alpha One Security Book 6
The Houri Legends:
Djinn and Tonic
The Madame X Series:
Madame X
Exposed
Exiled
The Black Room
(With Jade London):
Door One
Door Two
Door Three
Door Four
Door Five
Door Six
Door Seven
Door Eight
The Deleted Door
The One Series
The Long Way Home
Where the Heart Is
There’s No Place Like Home
Badd Brothers:
Badd Motherf*cker
Badd Ass
Badd to the Bone
Good Girl Gone Badd
Badd Luck
Badd Mojo
Big Badd Wolf
Badd Boy
Badd Kitty
Badd Business
Badd Medicine
Goode Girls:
For a Goode Time Call…
Not So Goode
Goode To Be Bad
A Real Goode Time
Goode Vibrations
Dad Bod Contracting:
Hammered
Drilled
Nailed
Screwed
Fifty States of Love:
Pregnant in Pennsylvania
Cowboy in Colorado
Married in Michigan
Standalone titles:
Yours
Non-Fiction titles:
You Can Do It
You Can Do It: Strength
You Can Do It: Fasting
Jack Wilder Titles:
The Missionary
JJ Wilder Titles:
Ark
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