Happenstance

Darby Saunders has a plan. Two years in the making, every detail rehearsed, every goodbye disguised. At sixteen, she's learned to survive the unthinkable behind closed doors, but survival isn't living-and she's ready to end the reign of the monster who made her home a place of terror.

Over a single harrowing weekend, as a storm lashes her small New Brunswick town, Darby's carefully plotted escape collides with the unpredictable-an unexpected kindness, a loyal dog, a best friend who doesn't know the truth, and the fragile flicker of what might have been love.

Told with unflinching honesty and heartbreaking restraint, Happenstance traces the final hours of a young woman's attempt to reclaim her power from the man who stole it. It's a story of courage and silence, friendship and betrayal, and the desperate hope that even in darkness, there might still be one way out.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Galleon Books
Published: 11/30/2025
ISBN: 9781998122271
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.39d