Living With Caution Cones

Claire Dalton has built a career managing reputations in Chicago’s fast-moving public relations world—carefully shaping narratives for everyone except herself.Surrounded by an unforgettable circle of friends, Claire moves through ambition, heartbreak, reinvention, and the complicated evolution of adulthood, where loyalty and laughter often matter more than certainty. As relationships shift and new possibilities emerge, she must decide what—and who—she is willing to carry forward.Warm, witty, and emotionally perceptive, Living With Caution Cones is a novel about chosen family, enduring friendship, and the unexpected paths that lead us home.Chelsea King writes character-driven fiction exploring friendship, identity, and the lives we build alongside the people who shape us. Living With Caution Cones began as a personal tribute to a remarkable group of friends and evolved into her debut novel. She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and two children.