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Content warnings: loss of a parent, toxic family members, terminal illness, brain injury

Portrait artist Sadie loses her ability to see faces after brain surgery.

Sadie Montgomery is a portrait artist who gets her biggest break as a finalist in a national competition. But before creating her final entry, she finds out she needs brain surgery. After the surgery, she realizes that her brain can't process the faces she sees around her. She has prosopagnosia when she needs to paint the most important face she's ever painted -- one that could define her career.

Sadie's inability to ask for help and her reluctance to explain her condition makes her life much harder than it needs to be while creating funny and painful experiences that make the novel interesting.

Recommended for all readers of contemporary romance and women's fiction.

Katherine Center is a native Texan and New York Times bestselling author.

Publisher: St. Martin's Press (print); Macmillan Audio

Narrator: Patti Murin

Running Time: 10 hours, 39 minutes

Length: 336 pages

Release Date: July 11, 2023

Representation: Asian-American side characters

I received an electronic audio recording of this title from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.