Sydnee Allen has worked too hard and come too far to settle for anything less than exactly what she wants. So when her relationship stops being worth her time, she walks. No tears, no explanations. Just a new city, a new job, and the kind of fresh start a woman like Sydnee knows how to build from scratch.
Then Russell Livingston walks into her life.
He is everything she has ever wanted in a man. He is also married. He is also the pastor of the largest congregation in Louisville, Kentucky. Sydnee knows all of this.
She wants him anyway.
What happens next will change everything she thought she knew about desire, about loyalty, and about the woman she has spent her whole life trying to become.
I wrote Sydnee for every woman who’s ever been called out of her name for choosing herself. This one isn’t asking you to agree with her. It’s asking you to walk it first.
— Ebonee
Reader notes
A few early reactions from readers who met the story before release.
“She feels like someone I know. The kind of woman people think they understand until they finally hear her whole story.”
“I read it in one sitting. Every time I thought I understood her, the story opened another door.”
“This one stays with you. It made me think about how quickly we decide who someone is without knowing what it took to survive.”
“It feels honest, quiet, and personal. Like someone finally telling the truth after holding it in for years.”