RAE: A Women's Story

by Serena Baker

Rae is no longer a teenager on the edge of adulthood. She is twenty-one, a mother, and a young woman determined to rewrite the story she was handed. With Albie now at school and the echoes of her own childhood still in her ears, Rae is done surviving. She wants to live.

But freedom comes at a cost. Bills pile up, college deadlines loom, and the weight of single parenthood grows heavier with every choice she makes. Old wounds resurface in new relationships, and trust is harder than ever to give. Rae must fight not just for stability, but for a sense of who she is beyond the labels of daughter, partner, and mother.

Powerful, unflinching, and deeply human, A Woman's Story is the third book in the Rae series. It is a story of resilience and reinvention, of a young woman stepping out of the shadows of her past to claim her future and discovering that the hardest battle of all is learning to believe in herself.

Kindle Edition

Expected publication March 1, 2026

About the author

Serena Baker makes her debut with RAE, a raw and tender coming-of-age story told across three stages of one woman’s life. Beginning in childhood, the series traces Rae’s journey from a bright but vulnerable girl to a young mother and, ultimately, a woman fighting to shape her future.

Serena Bakers work explores resilience, survival, and the complicated ways love and loss shape us. She began writing Rae’s story as a way of giving voice to experiences that are often hidden, and it quickly grew into something larger, a journey through memory, hope, and what it means to find light in difficult places.

When she isn’t writing, Serena spends time with her family, drawing inspiration from the small, everyday moments that carry the weight of a story. She believes deeply in the power of storytelling to connect people, to open conversations, and to remind us that even the hardest truths can be told with courage.