Nicole saw her future as bright and independent-until it became something she had to fight to keep.

It's 1995 in Upstate New York, and Nicole Doherty is days away from her college graduation-that is, if she graduates-ready to move into her own apartment and start a new job at a prestigious accounting firm when an unseen assailant attacks her, only steps away from the safety of her dorm, changing her forever.

Nicole is desperate to move on, vowing never to tell anyone what happened to her, but her past continues to follow her and pull her back. She's forced to relearn how to trust herself and thrive in an uncontrollable reality, navigating relationships, old and new, often left wondering, do you ever really know someone?

I Thought I Knew is an emotionally grounded women's fiction novel about the long aftermath of choices made in silence, and the quiet resilience and determination required to keep building a life after trauma.