The Things We Carry

A novel by Elodie Collins

Two cities. Two lives. One journey that changes everything.

Some love stories change your life. Others teach you how to find your way back to yourself.

Natalie Hayes has spent years building a life she can be proud of. A thriving career, an extraordinary friendship, and a future shaped by her own ambition. She has worked hard for everything she has, even if she hasn't always stopped to appreciate how far she's come.

Then she meets Siddharth Mehra.

Confident, accomplished, and unexpectedly easy to love, Sid enters Natalie's world at a time when everything seems to be falling into place. What begins as an undeniable connection becomes something deeper, carrying them through unforgettable moments, unfamiliar cities, and the beautiful complications of two lives coming together.

But love doesn't exist separately from the rest of life.

As careers demand more, friendships shift, and expectations quietly grow, Natalie begins to discover how easily a person can lose sight of themselves while trying to hold on to everything they love.

And when the future she imagined begins to change, she must learn that moving forward doesn't always mean leaving everything behind.

The Things We Carry is a heartfelt contemporary novel about love, friendship, ambition, heartbreak, and the courage to become yourself again.