What It Means to Break

What It Means Series: Book 1

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Genres

Sisters, Women's Fiction, Family Drama, Contemporary, Novels, and Debut

Trigger Warnings

Profanity, Sex, Violence, Death, Suicide, and Rape

Type of Ending

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Publication Date

Nov 28, 2025

Page Length

278 pages

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What It Means to Break

What It Means Series: Book 1

Advance Reader Copy

Blurb

They say you can never go home again. Katharine Winters is going to try.

After five years of distance from her family, Katharine Winters is finally returning home to see the loved ones she abandoned after tragedy struck. Her hope is to seek forgiveness for the role she played in the death of her sister Isabel’s fiancé… and find a way to forgive herself along the way. But when her relationship begins to fall apart and the trauma of the past refuses to release its hold on her, she finds that going home again may be harder than she imagined.

Isabel Winters never thought she would find love again after the tragic death of her fiancé, Jake. It takes her by surprise when she finally feels a spark of attraction again after five years… only to learn that the man she can’t seem to look away from is the same one her sister brought back home with her. Isabel wants nothing more than to find a way to repair her broken relationship with Kat. Will the secrets of the past find a way to bring them together… or damage their relationship beyond repair?

Top five reasons you should read this book:

All the feels!
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Hilarious banter!
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It's the first of the trilogy. When you finish the last page and miss your friends… they'll be coming back!

Details

Genres

Sisters, Women's Fiction, Family Drama, Contemporary, Novels, and Debut

Trigger Warnings

Profanity, Sex, Violence, Death, Suicide, and Rape

Type of Ending

Series

What It Means Series — Book 1

Author Prefers A Review On

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Number of days to read

Publication Date

Nov 28, 2025

Page Length

278 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Author

Holly Ulrich lives in Michigan with her husband, two boys, and their mischievous dog, Archer. She holds a master of arts in higher education administration and has spent the last eighteen years of her life working for colleges and universities supporting students in reaching their dreams! What It Means to Break is her debut novel, but she is already hard at work on the second book of the trilogy: What It Means to Heal.