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Ivy Altman

Letters from Ivy

Some things refuse to leave quietly.

Not every thought belongs in a novel.

Some linger after the final page. A character who refuses to disappear. A question a story leaves behind. Something new beginning to take shape in the dark.

Letters from Ivy is where those things occasionally find their way onto the page.

The First Letter

The Doors Are Open

October 2026

Dear Reader,

There is something strange and rather wonderful about watching a world that has existed quietly in your imagination become real.

Ivy's House is now open, and A Calculated Obsession is the first story to take its place here.

Nathaniel and Lydia began with a simple fascination: what happens when two intelligent, determined people meet—and neither is willing to yield easily?

They became considerably more complicated from there.

That probably tells you something about the stories I am drawn to.

This house will grow with them. New stories will arrive. Other characters will find their way through the door. And, occasionally, there will be a letter from me.

For now, though, welcome.

I'm glad you're here.

Ivy