“Swallows” by Chrystyna Sashchuk

A tender, uplifting novel about healthy relationship and the courage to believe in yourself, “Swallows” follows Kris, an office manager at a Kharkiv IT firm who has just inked a new tattoo on her left leg—and may be falling for her company’s CEO.

Kris’s intimate, no-filter narrative spans the divide between wealth and poverty, painting two contrasting worlds that somehow merge into one. Despite gossip, a fatherless childhood, and a path strewn with obstacles, Kris never loses faith in herself or her love. She paints, she aches, she searches for her “swallows”—symbols of hope that prove home is wherever the heart dares to fly.

Why It Sells

• Positive-relationship storyline fills a white space in contemporary women’s fiction

• Relatable corporate setting taps into global workplace-romance trend

• Strong feminist voice appeals to book-club audiences

• Experience of those impacted by the full-scale invasion.