Make It Rain Harder

Name: Make It Rain Harder
Author: Jessica Park

94 pages

Diana never hoped for connection, nor attention—especially given her wild, dysfunctional upbringing—but when both happen, she’ll have to figure out how to survive all the good and bad those bring.

I never meant to become an influencer. Ugh, that word even makes me grimace. It started with a few restaurant reviews for cute local spots, then suddenly it snowballed into a career. Now I’m recognized nearly any time that I stop for even a quick bite. My long red hair doesn’t exactly make me inconspicuous, but I love my Boston restaurants, and so I’ve learned to roll with the attention.
While I might have millions of followers, I can count the number of true friends I have on one hand. If even that. Most of my connections feel more like business deals. Sponsors often ask to send me on luxury trips, but I usually refuse, as it feels crazy unjustified and humbling. And strangely lonely.

Until I accept a trip to Puerto Rico. And until I meet Dave while there in paradise. Both are all kinds of perfection, both temporary in my life, but I’ll gladly take them for the time being.
Vacation hangovers are never fun, but the trifecta of traumas that I return home to weren’t on my Bingo card, nor are they things I know how to handle. Not in the moment, nor during the hard rain that deluges me after they’ve hit.

As refuge, Dave lets me hide away in his adorable cottage in Maine, and while he seems determined to help me heal, it turns out that he needs me, as well.
Maybe together, we won’t drown in our rainstorms.

“MAKE IT RAIN HARDER is an emotionally devastating—but ultimately healing—portrait of grief and romance. Jessica Park weaves the past and present together deftly, filling the pages with hope, and tension, and finally, a hard-won happiness.” -Elliot Wake, author of Black Iris and A Song Only We Can Hear

Trigger Warnings: pregnancy loss, infant loss, in utero loss

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