Diana Freel

Still Standing is not a story about moving on.It is a story about surviving, remembering, and learning how to live without erasing what was lost.Written over the course of nearly three decades, this memoir traces a woman’s journey through abuse, grief, systemic failure, and the long aftermath...

She watched her mother die. She hasn't spoken since. The only witness to a brutal murder is a little girl trapped inside her own silence.

When Claire Anderson finally opens the doors to her dream bakery in the quiet town of Willow Creek, it feels like a long-overdue fresh start. But her peace is shattered when her best friend—beloved local photographer Liam O’Connor—is found dead near the town’s scenic overlook.

When a fatal bite at Willow Creek’s botanical gardens fundraiser puts her new bakery at the center of a murder investigation, Claire Anderson must expose which trusted neighbor turned her signature cupcake into a weapon before her fresh start collapses.