Forever and a Game
Forever and a Game by Jason J. Herne — book cover

Folded Page Press presents

Forever
and a Game

He was denied his childhood.
Hers was slipping away.
A deck of cards brought them together.

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Remarkably Bright Creatures meets Defending Jacob

Sam Heller has spent his life keeping people at a careful distance — a habit built early and never quite unlearned. Then Felicity, his boss's lonely eleven-year-old daughter, draws him into her world of Mystic Forest, a card game she plays mostly alone. What starts as a kindness becomes something neither of them expected: a found family neither one knew they needed. But underneath the friendship, something else is moving — a quiet act of corporate sabotage that will test how far Sam is willing to go for the people who've become his.

"I wish you were my dad."

Sam has spent a lifetime learning to look away. Not this time.

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Jason J. Herne

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Jason J. Herne

Jason J. Herne is an awkward soul from the Southern Tier of New York, where he spends his days with his wife, their three children, and a multitude of bonus kids who wander in and tend to stay a while. Forever and a Game is his debut novel. When he isn't pretending to be a writer, he's usually cycling, reading, or making the kids' lives a little brighter, one silly joke or pointless adventure at a time. He writes the kind of stories he often lives — ones with heart, a little trouble, and people worth rooting for.

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