About the book...
Maia is in her mid-thirties, and her life has just hit rock bottom.

After a decade in a high-pressure job, she is left with no recognition and a burnt-out nervous system.
To prove her worth, she spent countless hours working overtime. And somewhere along the way, she gradually detached from herself... But she didn't realise it; she just cracked on.

Her relationships — leftover crumbles of failed attempts to build something meaningful. Over time, they made her numb to anything involving sensuality, or even the desire to meet someone. Eventually, she accepted that she simply wasn't made for relationships — mostly to avoid further disappointment.

Her remedy consisted of venting her spleen to her friend about how unfair everyone was being to her and comfort-eating — but mostly avoiding actually doing anything about it.

Until one day's events turn her life upside down.

And that is where The First Skin begins...

Maia isn't a polished heroine who has her life figured out, nor does she know exactly what she wants or how to get there. Quite the opposite — she is just an average woman, trying to find her own path and secretly hoping that one day, real love finds her too...

The First Skin isn't just a story of two beautiful people falling in love — it invites the reader to join a woman's journey through her entire inner world: her thoughts, perceptions and feelings.
Everything from her most embarrassing and humiliating moments to the most beautifully alive ones, including how she experiences desire and sensuality, and the very honest mirror she holds up to her own sexuality. Unfiltered.