Five Years Later A Fox and Darcy Novel

"Life is chaos," says Nana. "Just as it should be." "Should it?" I try to hide my disagreement. A smile lifts her wrinkled cheeks. "Yup... Without chaos, there is no growth." Elle Fox is a twenty-three-year-old dog mom living in a tiny house outside of Portland, Oregon. With a newly divorced mother next door who is starting over at fifty and a wealthy, narcissist father she hasn't been able to look at since "the incident", adulthood has become more chaotic than anticipated. When an old friend invites her to join a group "zencation" to the Oregon Coast, Elle finds herself in the charming town of Newport in a picturesque mansion with her former high school peeps... and another man she can hardly stand to look at: her ex, Scott Darcy. Five years ago, Scott had pulled Elle in like a rip tide. A rebel with a taste for adventure, he swept her away from small town life into the vast beauty of the outdoors. They had plans to see the world together... which is why she still can't understand why he left her for someone else. When she uncovers an old trinket box in Scott's truck with a long-hidden secret inside, her perception of the past is challenged, forcing her to look hard at the men in her life and the choices they've made - and the choices she made in response. Told in dual times, FIVE YEARS LATER explores the trials of true love, the bonds of a family divided, and the challenges of forgiving those who hurt us - including ourselves.