The stories I never told at board meetings.
The backroads. The breakdowns. The Porsche at 2 AM in a thunderstorm. Twelve essays on what it actually costs to build the life you said you wanted.
A FIRST-EDITION GIVEAWAY
Luxury, Style, and the Open Road.
Some women collect shoes. I collected miles.
Five hundred first-edition copies. Numbered. Signed. Not for sale — only reserved.
500 copies left · No credit card required.
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What's Inside
Three chapters. One open road.
A memoir told in three movements — the stories, the style, and the drive.
Sequins at a spreadsheet meeting.
Dressing for the life you're building, not the one that fits neatly into a pitch deck. The closet as armor, as permission, as occasional punchline.
Why I will always drive myself home.
On speed. On silence. On the particular kind of freedom you only understand once you've held the key to a car you paid for yourself.
About the Author
About Alicia
Alicia Maria Dahling is a CPA, MBA, and fractional CFO — founder of Dahling Consulting, where she advises founders and operators on building companies that fund the life they actually want. Florida-based with her husband, three French bulldogs, and one 'almost' son. Closet full of sequins. Mildly addicted to fast cars, everything pink and shiny, and the tech that keeps shaping the road ahead.
Luxury isn't what you own. It's the moment you realize you don't have to explain yourself.— FROM THE BOOK
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Reserved copies ship in Q3 2026. You'll get a confirmation email today and an address-collection email four weeks before your copy leaves the warehouse.
The book is free. U.S. shipping is on me. International readers — email hello@dahlingdigital.com and we'll figure it out together.
Because the second printing won't be. This first edition is numbered, signed, and bound in a way the wider release won't be. If you want that version, this is the only door.
The moment the 500th copy is spoken for — or on the print-run deadline, whichever comes first. Current status is in the counter above.
For anyone who's ever built the life they said they wanted — and wondered what it actually cost. For the people who find themselves driving the long way home on purpose.
500 left. Then the door closes.
One email. One book. No second printing of the first edition.