Same Place Same Stars

When twenty-one-year-old Natalia lands herself in a mental institution for her escalating sleep disorder and unconscious erratic behavior, her grasp on reality begins to unravel as she discovers the chilling truth: sometimes, the ones meant to help are the ones who hurt the most.

by Katey Taylor

Genre: Psychological Drama

Twenty-one-year-old Natalia battles a rare parasomnia sleep disorder that propels her to act violently, experience night terrors, and put herself in dangerous situations—all while she’s unconscious.

After waking up covered in unexplained bruises, she lands herself back in a mental facility. Making friends has never been easy, but at Awana, she quickly bonds with her fun-loving roommate Lindsay and falls for Gabriel, a handsome yet severely depressed resident she secretly meets at night.

As Natalia wrestles with the harsh side effects of her medication, her reality unravels, exposing disturbing truths about those she trusts most. Though romantic relationships are strictly forbidden at Awana, Gabriel becomes her lifeline amidst the chaos. To be with him, Natalia must risk everything—including her sanity, and she learns some choices carry devastating consequences.

Filled with shocking twists, Same Place, Same Stars, is a psychological drama that unpacks the many layers of what happens when dark secrets refuse to be ignored.

**Releases May 13 2025!**

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Katey Taylor is a writer and a published poet whose poems have appeared in DarkWinter Lit, Brave Voices, and Fauxmoir magazine. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and has attended writing conferences such as West Coast Writers Conference and Philadelphia’s Writers Workshop. Katey has been interviewed by the Just Us Girls Blog, and has served as a SWAAY magazine contributor where her personal essay “When First Loves Becomes First Abuse” was selected as an editor’s weekly pick. She has published two novels: Inebriated and Neon Nights, which have both hit Amazon bestsellers lists. Both of Katey’s books received 5-star staff editor reviews from YA Book Central, and one was chosen as their “featured’ indie novel. Katey was selected as a featured YA author for Young Entertainment Magazine’s Twitter takeover. Katey is a master of eloquently writing about big issue topics like depression, trauma, and mental illness.