ABOUT DIANA WILLIAMS-KIRKLIN
Diana Williams-Kirklin is a poet and author whose work captures the quiet ache and fierce beauty of everyday life. With a voice that is both intimate and unflinching, she writes into the spaces we often leave unspoken—love that lingers, memories that bruise and heal, resilience forged in ordinary moments. Her poetry does not rush the reader; it asks them to pause, lean closer, and feel deeply, one deliberate line at a time.
A Houston native, Diana draws inspiration from lived experience, emotional truth, and the small details that carry disproportionate weight—the glance that says everything, the silence that follows loss, the strength found in simply continuing. Her work honors vulnerability without romanticizing it, offering language for grief, hope, endurance, and becoming.
When she isn’t writing, Diana is rooted in family, reflection, and the rhythms of real life—observing, listening, and collecting moments that later find their way onto the page. Her poetry is a reminder that tenderness is not weakness, that survival can be beautiful, and that our stories—when told honestly—have the power to make others feel less alone.
I Won't Settle, I Want It All
After years of building her catering business from the ground up, I’naya James Carter swore she’d never lose herself in love again. But when a bad day leads to a chance encounter with Michael Francis Kelly, a weary actor searching for something real, their worlds collide in ways neither saw coming. As friendship blurs into something deeper, old wounds reopen.
Her past — embodied by Ethan Sykes, the man she once trusted — comes crashing back, threatening to destroy everything she’s built. Between loyalty, desire, and the weight of secrets, I’naya must decide what she truly wants. Because love isn’t about settling. It’s about risking everything — and finally choosing yourself.
Love, Was In The Way He Stayed
She was older. Guarded. Carrying more than her heart could hold. He was younger. Certain. Steady in ways that unsettled her. Charlotte Lyle never intended to build a life with Trenton Hale — a man six years her junior who stepped into her world during its most fragile moment. But Lex didn’t flinch. Didn’t waver. Didn’t leave.
Through years of co-parenting, quiet devotion, and boundaries drawn too carefully, Lex proves that maturity isn’t measured in age — it’s measured in presence. As attraction simmers and denial frays, Charlie must decide whether love is something to fear… or something worth choosing. A slow-burn romance about family, restraint, and the undeniable pull of a man who refuses to walk away.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Book 2 & 3 of 'The Love That Remains, A Bound By Healing' Series
Book One introduced you to I’Naya, BB, and Michael. You met them in moments of connection, fracture, and becoming—but their story did not end where the pages stopped. There are consequences still waiting, bonds still shifting, and truths that haven’t been spoken aloud.
The rest of their story arrives in 2026.
- Book 1: I Won't Settle, I Want It All
- Book 2: I Have It All, Now What?
- Book 3: Becoming Benjamin, In What Remains
