Kaira Rouda is a USA TODAY and Amazon Charts bestselling author of contemporary fiction exploring beneath the surface of seemingly perfect lives. Her suspense novels include BEST DAY EVER, THE FAVORITE DAUGHTER, ALL THE DIFFERENCE, THE NEXT WIFE and SOMEBODY'S HOME. Her next novel, THE WIDOW, is out December 1, 2022.
She lives in Southern California with her family and is at work on her next novel. Connect with her on Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest: @KairaRouda; and on Facebook at Kaira Rouda Books.
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“I'd learned balance is internal; that there really wasn’t one set formula for how to live your life nor how to handle the wife-mother-businesswoman juggling act. Maybe it was just being tuned in to every role and knowing when one or the other needed to be the focus.”
“Life-change list Number Five: Don’t forget the care and feeding of friends.”
“I didn’t know how good change could feel. I just worried about the risks, not the rewards.”
“It’s really a blessing, to let go of grudges, to forgive, and to move on. To allow yourself to get rid of what they called emotional hoarding.”
“I marveled about our collective ability as women to keep all the pain hidden, just below the surface.”
“It’s really a whole new feeling when you realize you’re in charge of your life, your thoughts, and your actions—or inaction.”
“My life is up to me to define. I needed to make my own dreams come true.”
“Well, it does make you realize that life, even at its longest, is still very short.”