No Hiding In Boise

When Angie is awakened by a midnight call from an officer with the Boise Police Department, she thinks there must be a misunderstanding. 

The officer tells her that her husband was involved in a shooting at a local bar, but how can that be possible when her husband is sleeping right next to her? Except when she turns to wake him, he isn't there.

Tessa is the twenty-three-year-old bartender who escapes to a backroom storage closet during the shooting. When it comes to light that five people were killed, she is burdened with the question of why she survived.

Joyce wakes up to a knock at her front door, a knock she assumes is her wayward son, Jed, who must have lost his keys. It's not Jed, though. Two police officers tell her that Jed is dead, shot at the bar. Then they deliver even worse news: "We have reason to believe your son was the shooter."

So begins the story of three women tied together by tragic fate--a wife trying to understand why her now-comatose husband was frequenting a bar in the middle of the night, the young woman who her husband was apparently pursuing, and a mother who is forced to confront the reality of who her son was and who she is.

A couple brimming with the hope of a new pregnancy.

A woman coming to terms with the truth behind her adoption. A husband trying to save his marriage from the despair of infertility. These are just a few of the stories in All the Acorns on the Forest Floor, a book about the lengths we go to for the love of our children, our spouses, our mothers, our daughters.

All the Acorns on the Forest Floor is a book of connections between people, connections lost and found, across time and space. There are stories of women who never became mothers (by choice or by fate), women who became mothers in unexpected or nontraditional ways, and women who gave up or lost babies. There are emotional aftershocks with each character’s personal earthquake, aftershocks that shake their lives and force them to consider who they are, what they want, and how they love.

PRAISE FOR ALL THE ACORNS ON THE FOREST FLOOR & KIM HOOPER

“All the Acorns on the Forest Floor is a stirring series of stories interwoven by the common threads of human frailty and the complexities of relationships. Poignant and poetic, the characters of these stunning vignettes are guaranteed to haunt and inspire long after the last page is turned." 

–Suzanne Redfearn, bestselling author of In an Instant

”In All the Acorns on the Forest Floor, Kim Hooper delivers an empathetic, compulsively readable book with a cast of characters you’ll swear you know. With compassion and great heart, Hooper reminds us that people have histories, and we’re all more connected than we think.” 

–Michelle Gable, New York Times bestselling author of A Paris Apartment

“Between the stunning prose, the searing emotional truths and the threads of hope throughout, this book only left me with one question: How is Kim Hooper not a household name already?” 

―Colleen Oakley, author of Close Enough to Touch and Before I Go

“Hooper gives familiar themes of loss and redemption fresh and inviting life... Readers will enjoy riding alongside this vivid protagonists to the end.” 

―Publishers Weekly

“ Kim Hooper’s characters are so real, they tell the story themselves. A deeply emotional and beautifully written novel.”

 ―Anita Hughes, author of Rome in Love

“Kim Hooper writes skillfully, plumbing the depths of human emotions with extraordinary insight and sensitivity.” 

―A. J. Banner, #1 Amazon and USA Today bestselling author

“An adventure I won’t soon forget.” 

―Shari Goldhagen, author of 100 Days of Cake and Family and Other Accidents

“Heartfelt, deliciously funny and compulsively readable.” 

―Tracy Barone, author of Happy Family

“A captivating tale concerned with the age-old themes of love and loss…I was hooked the entire way.” 

―Kemper Donovan, author of The Decent Proposal

In this poignant and uplifting story of hope, redemption, and the power of the human spirit, Tiny follows the harrowing journeys of Nate, Annie, and Josh―three people unwittingly tied together by fate.

Nate and Annie Forester are faced with every parent’s worst nightmare when their three-year-old daughter, Penelope, is hit by a car. In the aftermath of her death, the distance between them grows. Nate just wants to return to some version of normal, while Annie finds herself stuck in the quicksand of her grief. Josh – a third party to the nightmare – was behind the wheel on the fateful day Penny ran into the middle of the street. Unable to stop thinking about Nate and Annie, Josh has started to stalk them, thinking up ways to apologize when he witnesses Annie leave with her suitcase in tow.

Nate is trying to stay strong but is slowly losing his mind as he faces the suspicions of Annie’s family and the police in the wake of Annie’s disappearance. Annie has run away in an attempt to start a secret new life in a 100-square-foot house in the middle of nowhere. And Josh, who desperately wants forgiveness, feels he is responsible for reuniting the people whose lives he changed forever. What unfolds is a beautiful and awe-inspiring tale of grace, forgiveness, and love.

PRAISE FOR TINY & KIM HOOPER

“...a delicate, beautiful tale of sadness, recovery, and the role of hope in human resilience.”

―Publishers Weekly

“Tiny is the kind of book that touches your heart and changes you in small ways. Kim Hooper's characters are so real, they tell the story themselves. A deeply emotional and beautifully written novel.” 

 ―Anita Hughes, author of Rome In Love

"A heart-wrenching, ultimately uplifting tale of tragedy and redemption, love and grief. In this absorbing novel, Kim Hooper writes skillfully, plumbing the depths of human emotions with extraordinary insight and sensitivity."

―A. J. Banner, #1 Amazon and USA Today bestselling author

“With heart and depth, Hooper drills to the core of a couple’s unthinkable tragedy, and tackles life’s toughest questions: How do you survive grief? And what’s left when you do? Between the stunning prose, the searing emotional truths and the threads of hope throughout, this book only left me with one question: How is Kim Hooper not a household name already?” 

―Colleen Oakley, author of Close Enough To Touch and Before I Go

From the author of the critically-acclaimed debut People Who Knew Me comes the story of one man’s determination to abandon his will to live. 

Jonathan Krause is a man with a plan. He is going to quit his advertising job and, when his money runs out, he is going to die. He just has one final mission: A trip to Japan. It’s a trip he was supposed to take with his girlfriend, Sara. It’s a trip inspired by his regrets. And it’s a trip to pay homage to the Japanese, the inventors of his chosen suicide technique.  

In preparation for his final voyage, Jonathan enrolls in a Japanese language class where he meets Riko, who has her own plans to visit her homeland, for very different reasons. Their unexpected and unusual friendship takes them to Japan together, where they each struggle to make peace with their past and accept that happiness, loneliness, and grief come and go—just like the cherry blossoms.  Haunted by lost love, Jonathan must decide if he can embrace the transient nature of life, or if he must choose the certainty of death.   

PRAISE FOR CHERRY BLOSSOMS & KIM HOOPER

“Introspective chapters [that are] sometimes darkly comic, sometimes wrenching, consider the nature of long-term love, guilt, and the shaping of memory…In its clearest, most beautiful passages, the book accumulates details of [a] couple’s early joy… Cherry Blossoms interrogates what it means to face uncertainty.”   

– Karen Rigby, Foreword Reviews  

“Hooper gives familiar themes of loss and redemption fresh and inviting life in her entertaining second novel. Jonathan Krause, a copywriter in Los Angeles whose girlfriend, Sara, just left him, has decided to kill himself. He just has to mark off a few to-dos first; paramount among them is taking the trip to Japan he had planned to take with her. Hooper maneuvers the narrative nimbly among Jonathan’s preparations for his trip and his suicide, his meditations on and research into Japanese culture, and his reflections back on his relationship with Sara. After revealing the trajectory of Jonathan and Sara’s relationship with tantalizing languor, the narrative gains momentum when Jonathan meets Riko in his Japanese language class. Riko has her own plans and connection to Japan, and their friendship provides a contrasting element of optimism to Jonathan’s dark intentions. Readers will enjoy riding alongside this vivid protagonist to the end.”  

- Publishers Weekly  

“A simply stunning read! This novel grabs your attention and won’t let go. It’s fascinating, heartfelt, intense, unforgettable, and there is so much info regarding Japanese culture that really adds something to the reading experience. This was my first time reading a Kim Hooper book, and I can’t wait to see what she writes next…”

– Charlene Martel, The Literary Word  

“Kim Hooper’s talent is spirited, at times breathtaking, and at the height of its bloom. Cherry Blossoms is a lovely meditation on loss, renewal, and the ephemeral nature of life. I just loved it.” 

- Steven Rowley, author of Lily and the Octopus  

“With compassion and poignancy, Kim Hooper’s engaging new novel follows a depressed copywriter in the months before he plans to end it all. Part mystery, with a dash of travel guide, and a hearty splash of dark humor, Cherry Blossoms is an adventure I won’t soon forget.”   

- Shari Goldhagen, author of 100 Days of Cake and Family and Other Accidents  

“Heartfelt, deliciously funny and compulsively readable, Cherry Blossoms is a profound meditation on grief and the crazy beautiful mess of our most intimate relationships. Kim Hooper writes with deep humanity and pitch-perfect dialogue, leaving us cheering for her characters as they grapple with their complex pasts and uncertain futures.”  

 -Tracy Barone, author of Happy Family  

“Cherry Blossoms is a captivating tale concerned with the age-old themes of love and loss. Kim Hooper manages to take us both sky-high, across an ocean, and down into the depths of our most closely-held thoughts and desires. I was hooked the entire way.”   

- Kemper Donovan, author of The Decent Proposal  

“This compelling tale of heartbreak, loss, and, ultimately, redemption unfolds quietly against a backdrop of Japanese language and culture. Thirty-four-year-old advertising copywriter Jonathan Krause is determined to commit suicide but needs to travel from his home in Los Angeles to Japan to see the cherry blossoms before he can carry out his mission. Alternating between dark humor and a keen understanding of the human condition, Cherry Blossoms shows how the blessings of love and friendship can foster an appreciation of our shared humanity.”   

―Diana Drew, author of Jewish Threads: A Hands-On Guide to Stitching Spiritual Intention into Jewish Fabric Crafts 

“This gorgeous, full-hearted novel skillfully cuts to the heart of love and loss― and what’s left to live for. With her raw insights, sharp dialogue, and quick-witted gallows humor, Kim Hooper has quickly become one of my must-read authors.”

 ―Colleen Oakley, author of Before I Go and Close Enough to Touch   

Everything was fine fourteen years after she left New York.

Until suddenly, one day, it wasn't.

Emily Morris got her happily-ever-after earlier than most. Married at a young age to a man she loved passionately, she was building the life she always wanted. But when enormous stress threatened her marriage, Emily made some rash decisions. That's when she fell in love with someone else. That's when she got pregnant.

Resolved to tell her husband of the affair and to leave him for the father of her child, Emily's plans are thwarted when the world is suddenly split open on 9/11. It's amid terrible tragedy that she finds her freedom, as she leaves New York City to start a new life. It's not easy, but Emily---now Connie Prynne--forges a new happily-ever-after in California. But when a life-threatening diagnosis upends her life, she is forced to rethink her life for the good of her thirteen-year-old daughter.

A riveting debut in which a woman must confront her own past in order to secure the future of her daughter, Kim Hooper's People Who Knew Me asks: "What would you do?"

PRAISE FOR PEOPLE WHO KNEW ME & KIM HOOPER

"Refreshingly raw and honest . . . People Who Knew Me has a sharp edge of emotional trauma and disappointment. It is very easy to love Emily―she is like any of us, struggling to make the best decisions she can. Ms. Hooper reminds us that control is an illusion, that the past offers no pardons and the choices we make, in turn, make us." 

―The Wall Street Journal

"Kim Hooper's stunning debut novel sucks you in from the first page and doesn't let you go. Part portrait of a marriage, part suspenseful ‘what would you do?,’ People Who Knew Me will leave readers reeling―and yearning for more." 

―Colleen Oakley, author of Before I Go

"Would you take the chance to disappear from a disastrous life? In People Who Knew Me, Kim Hooper deftly explores the consequences of such a drastic decision―and the risky revelation, down the line, that your past self might offer some salvation after all." 

―Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet

“Kim Hooper skillfully portrays a courageous woman facing a grave diagnosis, who must confront her difficult past for the sake of her teenage daughter. Absorbing, riveting and utterly realistic, this heartfelt debut novel had me turning the pages late into the night. People Who Knew Me is a perfect book club read.”

―A. J. Banner, international bestselling author of The Good Neighbor

"Kim Hooper's People Who Knew Me hooked me with its first sentence, and from there this excellent debut novel threw surprise after surprise my way. And all of it is anchored by Hooper's spot-on depiction of a relationship between a mother and the daughter she'd do anything for. This one will touch your heart as you turn the pages faster and faster." 

―David Bell, author of Somebody I Used to Know and Since She Went Away

"Readers will ponder Emily’s difficult situation and often disturbing choices as they are glued to this compulsively readable tale.” 

―Booklist

"Emily is a flawed, relatable character ... Warmly recommended for women's fiction fans." 

―Library Journal

Dave is a dad with Asperger's. He sees the world differently than most, and he feels like he has no idea what he’s doing when it comes to raising his 15-year-old daughter, Cleo. She also feels like he has no idea what he’s doing, especially now that her mom is gone.

They were both better off when Jana was around―Dave's wife, Cleo's mother. But now she's not, and they are left to figure out life on their own. Dave dedicates his attention to his newfound hobby of doomsday prepping, researching the various ways the world could end. Cleo feels like her world already has.

Everything changes when neighbors move in, threatening their isolation in the hills of San Juan Capistrano. Cleo is intrigued by the new girl, Edie, and soon finds out the intrigue is mutual. Dave, not at all intrigued, is forced to come to terms with everything he cannot control.

As they struggle to live in the present, both Dave and Cleo must dare to revisit the tragic past they share. What happened to Jana? Who was she, really? Who are they without her?

Ways the World Could End is a story of grief, friendship, and love―the love between parents and children, between spouses, between teenagers, and between strangers. It is a story that requires us to consider the bounds of forgiveness, what we’re willing and not willing to forgive, and reminds us that often the hardest thing to forgive is ourselves.

PRAISE FOR WAYS THE WORLD COULD END & KIM HOOPER

“Kim Hooper's writing had me hooked from the first page. The father-daughter relationship between Dave, who lives with Asperger's Syndrome and Cleo, his lonely and sarcastic teen, was funny and tender. Hooper's warm-hearted depiction of these characters painted a touching, painful and funny portrait of loss, love and connection. The novel left me thinking about all the ways the world can end, both large and small.” —Amy Tector, author of The Honeybee Emeralds

“With tenderness, humor, candor, and insight, Kim Hooper brings her characters from darkness to light in a story that’s ultimately about the power of love.” —Jennifer Anne Moses, author of The Art of Dumpster Diving

“In Kim Hooper’s capable hands, humor prevails in this touching tale of loss, isolation, and forgiveness.”  —Melissa Scholes Young, author of The Hive and Flood