Cynthia Rodriguez

Denise and Gavin are over. 381 days into their love affair, Gavin shut the door and Denise is all alone. At day 380, Denise is trying to figure out how to salvage what's left of their relationship and by day 200, they are even happier than the day they met; day 1 when Denise knows beginnings are merely endings in disguise. But what doesn't kill us will break our hearts. Travel back 381 days and bear witness to the goodbye before the hello.

Evol

This is a book about being trapped in the Meanwhile. Walking through seemingly perpetual journeys between borders, genders, nationalities and social status. As a product of mixing races, yet not mixed race. Inhabiting a large body of before with no clear sense of an after. Set to a time of one's own, decades lost and found in the way, at the mercy of socio-political circumstances, legal procedures and test results. Cyclically prone to fail and start again. These poems are inspired by liminality and rites of passage we cannot come back from. They look at the new millennium, where the rituals of adulthood, of becoming, of making sense as a role model citizen and perceived pillar of society, are based on capitalist milestones of maturity and self-realisation which seem impossible to those stuck in the Meanwhile. These respectability parameters are the ones accepted for those who are locked within the narrative of 'the good migrant', 'the successful queer', 'the child prodigy', 'the perfect body' and 'the beautiful mind'; as if the only way to escape judgement and earn dignity as human beings within the margins is to fit into the media and government-approved stories of acceptance and assimilation at the right time, place and age. Through these pages, we embrace the Meanwhile, and we embrace ourselves to get ready for whatever comes next.

Meanwhile

You remember me. You still hide from me, despite my fleeting weakness. Despite seeing my heart. Despite witnessing the miraculous moment I gave to a young man with the purest intentions. The singular moment that changed everything. Lives hung by threads and I not only cut one, I mended it, changing everything without realizing the repercussions. I could give them hope. I could even help them fall. But I could not repair the trust they damaged. You think you know their story. But you do not know everything. Most people don't get second chances, but Dexter Andrews can't seem to get it right. Not when he's connected with his soul mate and not years later when he finds out about the tragic secret she kept from him. Now it's his turn to set her free and pray that she finds her way back to their love. Even when it hurts so badly he feels like he can't breathe. Noa Cruz knows she isn't perfect. She knows she is selfish and a liar, but she's different now and that means putting her responsibilities before the love she keeps quiet. Two lovers, made for one another, defying their destiny. Souls Collide is a companion novella to Crashing Souls, the story that introduced us to the sweet Dexter and his passionate yet troubled soul mate, Noa.

Souls Collide

Be careful with that one.These are the first words of advice given to Abel Sommerfeldt upon entering Silverwing Mental Institution. He has no idea what awaits him here, in a place where hope goes to die, and demons run rampant. Certainly not a disarmingly beautiful young woman with violent tendencies and an itch for defiance.She'll paint the walls red with your blood.But Abel was never one to listen. Not even to his dead mother, whom he still hears, whispering warnings about the girl named Rose with white blonde hair who feels like fate.Basherte.He quickly discovers just how dangerous freedom is for Rosamunde Montgomery.Because sometimes, the most beautiful roses are riddled with thorns. And he's willing to learn the hard way.

Folie À Deux

(Hate Me is Part 2 of The Summer of Secrets Series. It is a 30k-word novella, and can be read as a complete standalone, or as the second part of the interconnected series.) As the second of three sisters, Eloise “Lucy” Bordeau was never known for breaking the rules. And since taking over the family business while her sisters ran from small-town living and escaped to the city, rules have become her life. Until a stranger walks into her bookstore and gives her a night that rivals even the steamiest of romance novels. Only, Ezra James isn’t a stranger. He’s the man trying to buy the struggling Bordeau Books from underneath her. And now that he’s had a taste of her, he’ll do anything to keep her underneath him.

Cynthia Rodriguez

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