The blood on her hands doesn’t match the memories in her head. Jessica Lewis wakes to a nightmare—she’s covered in blood, the police are knocking, and she has no memory of the night before. As a newly emerged alter in a system with Dissociative Identity Disorder, Jess has only just begun to understand who she is—and who she shares her mind with. For months, she’s been navigating a life built on someone else’s trauma. A careful routine. A quiet apartment in New York. A history she doesn’t fully own. But everything fractures when Detective Jackson Sinclair shows up, investigating the brutal murder of the family that gave her away over thirty years ago. Hundreds of miles away in North Carolina, Korrah VonDitter thought she’d buried Aiya—and everything that came with her. But when Jess shows up on her doorstep, demanding the one thing Aiya left behind, Korrah is forced to confront a past she swore she’d never revisit. And someone else is watching… waiting for the right moment to strike. Something about the case splits Jess wide open. Buried memories surge. Names she tried to forget. Faces she thought were lost to time. And one truth rises like a she knows who the killer is. As Jess and her alters begin to piece together the fragments of their past, dark secrets and long-buried lies rise to the surface. But not every identity wants to remember—and some are hiding more than just pain. The man responsible isn’t just out there—he’s watching. Waiting. Getting closer. What if the only way to stop him… is to trust the parts of herself she fears the most? Now Jess must race against time to unlock the final memory that could save them all—before he silences them for good. Some identities are born to protect. Others are built to survive. But not all of them want to be found. A gripping and atmospheric psychological thriller, Fragments of Affection is perfect for fans of The Silent Patient, Verity, and Gone Girl—a haunting page-turner that burrows deep and doesn’t let go.