The Companion Protocol: A Human Series Novel: 1

The Companion Protocol >LeahAnn Rosen has built a good life-steady work, a place at the family table, and a quiet home of her own. But at forty-two, she has also grown accustomed to a question she cannot answer: why hasn't love found her? After years of disappointing dates, well-meaning introductions, and the slow erosion of hope, LeahAnn has learned to live within the life she has been given. Until a sudden loss unsettles everything she thought she understood about time, family, and what it means to be alone. When an unexpected inheritance opens the door to something she never imagined she would consider, LeahAnn makes a decision that quietly reshapes her world: she brings home a Civitas A-9-part of a new generation of human companion technology designed for presence, conversation, and care. What begins as a practical solution soon becomes something far more complicated. Set against the rhythms of family dinners, inherited traditions, and the questions we carry about love and belonging, The Companion Protocol is a deeply human story about loneliness, connection, and the ways we learn to call something-someone-enough.

Pages: 355, Paperback, Independently published