I wish it didn't have to be this way. I willed the thought to fly to you so you'd know how hard it was to leave you behind. That was the night I lost you, and gained myself.

Born in a honeysuckle-choked garden deep in the forest, Aphrodite - young, sensitive and beautiful - learns her true purpose in the world moments before she's cast out of the only home she's ever known.

Haunted by loneliness, she begins a journey to fulfill her destiny. It is a path that will lead her into the arms of four very different men - a dreamer, a fighter, an artist, and a lost soul. All human, all flawed, and all on their own journeys of painful self-discovery.

But could it be the secrets she left behind - and the one person she thought she had lost forever - that hold the answers to the questions she's seeking? For while life may take you to unexpected places, truth will bring you home....

A life-affirming epic, filled with ordinary yet extraordinary people, The Beginning and End of Us is a magical story in which you will recognize yourself, from the sweetness of a rain-drenched first kiss to the terrible pain when you realize it's finally over.

Perfect for fans of Where the Forest Meets the Stars, The Secrets of Lost Stones, and The Light We Lost.