Simone Sumner
Writing under her pen name, Simone is a passionate storyteller who finds solace in words and the worlds they create. Living with multiple autoimmune diseases and carrying traumas of her own, she understands the power of escaping into a good book and the healing that can come from feeling seen in a story. She believes that fiction can be a safe space for those who have been hurt, offering both comfort and catharsis. When she’s not writing, she’s reading—always chasing that feeling of stepping into another reality, even if just for a little while. Writing trauma recovery novels is a reflection of her love for complex characters, raw emotions, and the blurred lines between love and obsession, written with the hope that it will help others find pieces of themselves and their own healing within its pages.
Writing under her pen name, Simone is a passionate storyteller who finds solace in words and the worlds they create. Living with multiple autoimmune diseases and carrying traumas of her own, she understands the power of escaping into a good book and the healing that can come from feeling seen in a story. She believes that fiction can be a safe space for those who have been hurt, offering both comfort and catharsis. When she’s not writing, she...
Trust Fall
Aviana has never belonged to anyone. Passed from one foster home to another, she’s learned that love is temporary, trust is dangerous, and survival means keeping her heart locked away. Abuse and neglect have left her with scars—some that fade, and some that never will.
Now, at a secluded trauma retreat, she’s supposed to be healing, learning how...