My Heart Is Still Mine: A Novel for Every Girl Learning to Belong Herself

Sixteen-year-old Lila Hart has spent years becoming easy to love - helpful, agreeable, forgiving, and quiet whenever the truth might make someone uncomfortable.Then an English assignment asks one terrifying question: Who are you when nobody else is choosing for you?As Lila begins noticing how often she disappears inside other people's needs, her intense relationship with Sage starts to feel less like devotion and more like control. A private message becomes public. Rumors spread. Fear follows her through the school halls. And asking for help feels almost as frightening as facing everything alone.With a brass key at her throat, a golden gate taking shape in her sketchbook, and trustworthy people learning how to stand beside her without taking over, Lila begins reclaiming her time, privacy, body, faith, friendships, and voice.Tender, honest, and filled with practical hope, My Heart Is Still Mine is a coming-of-age story for every girl - and every grown woman - learning that love should never require her to disappear.