Let's return to Neverland

I’ve written a 5th Lost Boy book!

This is the book I get asked for most often. And it was the one I was most hesitant to write. I did wrap up everything I wanted to say about Winnie and Pan and the Lost Boys in The Fae Princes. But I knew it was a HFN, not a HEA. I’m old enough to know that even the pains and the traumas and the struggles we work through can sometimes pop back up later on down the road leaving your head spinning. And for Winnie Darling, one of the things I think she will always struggle with is value and worth and how those things inform how much she thinks she can be loved. And a lot of that can be directly traced to her relationship with her mother and the father she never knew 👀👀👀

Whenever people have asked me for a 5th Lost Boy Book, my answer was always “I’ll never say never” but I didn’t want to force a story just for the sake of having a 5th book. And then last year, Winnie started popping up in my brain again. By that point, I was 2 years out from finishing the series. So I knew if she was speaking to me again, there was something that needed to be said. I started taking notes. Just to see.

And then I returned to therapy, and I realized Winnie and I were on similar journeys. We had overcome so much, and yet old fears and new anxieties were encroaching on present happiness.

I always thought writing a 5th Lost Boy book would be like ordering dessert after the main course was over — just a little sweet treat for our amusement! That it would be Fun and Flirty. Instead it was a deep dive into life, and the realities of what it takes to heal past wounds.

There’s so much more I want to say about this book but I don’t want to say it all at once. So I will wait. Until the time is right. Just like Winnie.

https://www.theneverqueen.com/

But please note, retailer links are still populating. I’ll continually update that link as new stores finalize their pages.