C.J. Maldonado is the author of Summers at Salmon Creek, a compelling story exploring love, identity, ambition, uncertainty, and the choices that shape a life. Through Samantha’s extraordinary journey between a remembered future and an unwritten one, Maldonado examines what happens when love collides with independence and destiny gives way to personal agency. At its heart, the novel invites readers to consider a powerful question: are we living the future expected of us, or choosing it for ourselves?