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About the author
Theresa Kearns-Cooper resides in Mississippi but is originally from New York. She is a mother and grandmother. She earned a doctorate in clinical psychology and currently teaches as a visiting assistant professor at Jackson State University.
Working in psychology was the motivation of her first novel, No Boundaries: When Life Doesn’t Go Your Way. A story revolving around ethical dilemmas and the courage to step outside the norm. Besides writing, Theresa is a self-taught artist who enjoys sculpting, drawing, painting, doll making, candle making, and jewelry making. “I love art, no matter the medium.”
This latest novel provides readers with more than romance…
There’s mystery, suspense, and psychological entanglements.
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Excerpt
There are moments in life when everything changes.
Not gradually. Not politely. Not with advance warning.
One moment you are living the life you understand, following routines that feel permanent and predictable. The next, you discover that everything you believed about the world is incomplete.
This is the story of one such moment.
For most of her life, Dr. Sherice Kensington believed knowledge existed to help people. As a psychologist, educator, and researcher, she devoted herself to understanding human behavior, believing that truth, no matter how uncomfortable, ultimately served the greater good. She was right. But she did not yet understand that truth possesses many forms.
Some truths heal. Some truths liberate.
And some truths are so valuable that entire organizations will kill to protect them.
When Sherice stumbles upon a series of seemingly unrelated documents during an ordinary research project, she unknowingly discovers traces of a hidden world operating beneath the surface of society. A world governed by influence rather than authority. A world where information is more valuable than money, more powerful than politics, and more dangerous than weapons.
A world known only as The Archive.
Taking everything familiar and thrust into a secret society hidden beneath an unassuming sushi bar, Sherice is forced to confront questions she never imagined asking.
What is freedom?
What is loyalty?
What is power?
And perhaps most importantly, what happens when the person standing between you and your escape becomes the person you cannot imagine leaving behind?
At the center of this hidden world stands Nathan Mercer, heir to a legacy he never fully chose and guardian of secrets he cannot fully trust. Bound by duty and tradition, Nathan faces an impossible choice between preserving the institution that shaped his life and following his heart toward a future no one could have predicted.
Together, Sherice and Nathan will discover that the greatest battles are rarely fought with guns or armies.
They are fought with ideas.
With trust. With sacrifice. And with love. Because every secret has a cost. Every legacy has a price. And every choice creates a future. As you begin this journey, remember one thing:
The world is filled with doors we never notice.
Most remain closed.
Some are opened by accident.
And once in a very great while, someone discovers what lies beneath.
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