Professional Distance

She's looking to heal broken minds. He's looking to erase them completely.

Dr. Nicolette Dupont, like every dedicated therapist in Seattle, believes in helping patients face their trauma. She's seen it all: repressed memories, childhood abuse, PTSD, and the long, difficult path to healing. But suddenly, her patients are claiming they're cured.

A charismatic man named Nick Williamson is offering the impossible: complete erasure of painful memories. His self-help group, Proof Positive, promises perfect peace through the power of forgetting. And people are flocking to him in droves.

When her own colleagues begin to fall under his influence, Nicolette must confront a terrifying question: what if everything she believes about healing is wrong?

In this dark story about identity and the price of peace, Liz Blackburn proves that sometimes the most dangerous choices are the ones that feel exactly right...