After escaping a relationship that slowly hollowed her out, Vicki Meyers moves to Montreal with one goal: disappear. No phone. No connections. No risk of being found–or of losing herself again.
Then she fosters Gunner, a dog so traumatized he can barely leave his kennel. Caring for him forces Vicki to move slowly, stay present, and face the parts of herself she’s spent years protecting. As Gunner begins to trust the world again, so does she.
When Vicki meets Daniel–kind, recently divorced, and leaving for Hong Kong in six weeks–she surprises herself by saying yes. To dinner. To honesty. To something real. Knowing he’s leaving makes it safe to let him in. For the first time, she doesn’t have to perform or prove her worth. She can simply be herself.
Buy six weeks isn’t long. And before Daniel goes, VIcki will have to decide what stays: the walls she built to survive, or the woman she’s becoming without them.
Set in the early 2000s, Six Weeks With You is a story about finding yourself in unexpected places: in a wounded dog who teaches you patience, in a temporary love that shows you what you deserve, and in the quiet realization that you were never as broken as you believed.
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Six Weeks With You is the first book in the Lost and Found Family series, a collection of stories about people finding their way back to themselves–and to one another. Each book is a stand-alone story with interconnected characters, leading to their found family.
Books in the series:
Six Weeks With You
Rules of Disengagement
Family Friends
Then I Met You
Janet Koops is a Canadian who currently lives in Colorado. A former librarian, Janet is a happily married empty-nester who writes full-time from her home just east of the Rocky Mountains. When she is not writing, she can typically be found hiking with her Alaskan Husky. Janet is a hopeless romantic who loves writing about complex women, their emotional journeys, and the healing power of love.