The Day I Stopped Being Invisible

Celia Ortiz is thirty, successful, and quietly disappearing inside a long-term relationship that looks fine from the outside. Brian isn’t cruel. He’s just absent. And Celia has gotten so used to shrinking herself to keep the peace that she barely recognizes the woman she’s become. Then she collides with Aiden Mitchell at a Newport Beach farmer’s market. Aiden is a surf instructor with sun-lightened curls, an easy smile, and the most dangerous trait of all: he actually pays attention. When a fake girlfriend favor turns into surf lessons, Friday-night food adventures, and the kind of laughter Celia forgot she was capable of, she starts to realize something terrifying… She doesn’t just want a fresh start. She wants more. But falling for Aiden means risking everything she’s just begun to rebuild. Especially when grief, complicated pasts, and a stubborn ex threaten to pull her back into the shadows. A tender, funny, heart-squeezing contemporary romance about reclaiming your voice, choosing yourself, and discovering what it feels like to be fully seen.