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More Than Just a Greeting Card—A Gift That Lasts
This little book about relationships is more meaningful than any Valentine's card, birthday card, or anniversary card you could give your partner. While cards are read once and set aside, this book offers insights, inspiration, and heartfelt connection that will stay with you both long after the occasion has passed. Whether celebrating love, strengthening your bond, or simply expressing your feelings, this book is a lasting reminder of what truly matters—your relationship.
And if you're t ired of love stories that feel more scripted than a Hallmark movie, buckle up for something wilder—Nikoo and Jim McGoldrick, self-proclaimed cosmic stalkers, are here to prove that true love doesn't just last a lifetime… it survives multiple. (Or at least, that's their story, and they're sticking to it.) 
 What's their secret? Unwavering commitment, daily communication, and the kind of mutual respect that keeps them from turning minor disagreements into full-blown historical reenactments. From health scares to heated debates over who left the light on, they tackle life's storms with humor, heart, and an unshakable 'us against the world' attitude. 
   This isn't just romance—it's embracing quirks, laughing through the chaos, and knowing that sometimes, the best date night is just surviving the grocery store together. Want to know how they keep the spark alive? Simple: long hugs, short grudges, and the firm belief that everything is better when we do it together. 
 Ready to unlock the secrets of a love that endures? (And maybe pick up some relationship survival tips along the way?)

May McGoldrick, Nik James,and Jan Coffey are pen names for USA Today bestselling authors Nikoo Kafi and Jim McGoldrick. Together, they have crafted over fifty fast-paced, conflict-filled historical, contemporary, and Western novels, and two works of nonfiction.
Nikoo's education and training was in engineering. She worked in robotics and submarine shipbuilding. Before earning a PhD in sixteenth-century Scottish and English literature, Jim pursued a hundred and one jobs, including a decade in submarine construction.
Storytellers at heart, Nikoo and Jim were always searching for careers that gave them time for both family and writing. Then, after thirteen years of marriage, they recognized each other's creative strengths. Nikoo is all about characters and feeling. Jim is about action and sense of place. Their first attempt in writing fiction together produced their award-winning novel, The Thistle and the Rose. Since then, their stories have touched the hearts and minds of millions of readers all over the world. Their work has been translated into over a dozen languages and counting.
Nikoo and Jim are four-time Rita Finalists and the winners of numerous awards for their writing, including a Will Rogers Medallion Award for Traditional Western Novels, the Daphne DuMaurier Award for Excellence, the Romantic Times Magazine Reviewers' Choice Award, three NJRW Golden Leaf Awards, two Holt Medallions, and the Connecticut Press Club Award for Best Fiction.
The authors make their home in California.