Ephemeral Beauty

<p><strong>Ephemeral Beauty</strong><br><i>A Novel by Liguo Yu</i></p><p><strong>When grief cracks open a heart can love still find a way in?</strong></p><p>Scarlett Chao has already known deep love-and devastating loss. As a single mother and fiercely dedicated professional she's rebuilt a life one quiet careful step at a time.</p><p>But everything changes during a snowstorm layover at Zurich Airport when she meets Michael Song-a former Olympian turned volunteer high school coach gentle in spirit and carrying shadows of his own.</p><p>What begins as an unexpected connection unfolds into something deeper: a slow-burning quietly radiant love story that dares to bloom in the middle of Autumn.</p><p>Told across seasons and cities-Zurich South Bend Paris and beyond-<i>Ephemeral Beauty</i> traces the layered journey of two people finding each other amidst the wreckage of their pasts. Along the way they navigate parenting memory growing and the way grief carves space for tenderness.</p><p>But just as Scarlett prepares for the next phase a phone call from Lisbon threatens to unravel everything.</p><p>Moving luminous and deeply human <i>Ephemeral Beauty</i> is a story about the love we lose the love we find and the courage it takes to embrace both. For anyone who has loved after heartbreak or found meaning in fleeting moments this novel is a quiet reminder:</p><p><strong>Even when it doesn't last forever beauty is always worth noticing.</strong></p>