The World of S.C.A.R.S.

One of the strangest and most beautiful parts of publishing a book is realizing that, somewhere, someone you may never meet has opened your story and begun reading. Today, I logged into my Kindle Direct Publishing dashboard and saw new Kindle Unlimited pages read for S.C.A.R.S. — S: Sadie . It may only look like a few pages on a screen Sadie has left my hands and entered someone else’s imagination. Sadie is the first book in my five-book S.C.A.R.S. Series , following Sadie, Cia, Aria, Rain, and Spirit — five women connected by friendship, grief, loyalty, love, justice, and the truths they carry beneath the surface. And while readers are beginning Sadie’s story, I’m already deep into Book Two: C — Cia. One woman at a time. One truth at a time. Thank you to everyone reading, sharing, following, and helping this little world grow. 💛 Read Sadie: olivialrigg.com

  Welcome to the World of S.C.A.R.S. There is always more to a woman than what the world gets to see. Sometimes she is polished. Sometimes she is strong. Sometimes she is desirable. Sometimes she is loyal. Sometimes she is unbothered. And sometimes, those versions of her are not lies. They are survival. Welcome to The World of S.C.A.R.S. , the home of my five-book fiction series centered on friendship, truth, grief, resilience, love, loyalty, justice, and the masks women wear. The series follows five women, one story at a time: S — Sadie C — Cia A — Aria R — Rain S — Spirit Each woman carries a truth that has been buried, protected, denied, or survived. The women know one another deeply. But not completely. And that is where S.C.A.R.S. begins. More Than a Book Series S.C.A.R.S. started as a story. It became a world. Then it became something more personal for me: a combination of fiction and visual art built around the idea that women often carry entire histories beneath the version...