Claire Dalton has spent years helping other people shape their stories, but the most important story she’s shaping is her own.

When an unexpected circle of friends enters her world—the kind of friends most people only get once—Claire navigates ambition, heartbreak, reinvention, and the complicated evolution of adulthood. As priorities shift, dreams evolve, and life refuses to follow the script, Claire learns that family isn’t always the one we’re born into, and that sometimes the greatest success is finding the people who make us feel at home.

Living With Caution Cones is a character-driven novel about chosen family, enduring friendship, and the people who shape the course of our lives.