On the windswept shores of Willet Island, some promises are meant to last forever... and some loves are impossible to forget.
Marine biologist Kate Monroe has dedicated her life to protecting the island's delicate ecosystem, finding solace in its wild beauty and the memory of her beloved father. But when wildlife photographer Ryan Carter returns after breaking her young heart all those years ago, he brings with him memories of broken promises and a love that never truly died.
Now a renowned photographer with his own scars to bear, Ryan has changed. A recent heart attack forced him to confront his mortality and the choices that led him away from the only woman he's ever loved. His return to Willet Island was meant to be temporary, just long enough to capture the island's rare shorebirds. Instead, he finds himself drawn back into Kate's world, where the past and present collide like waves against the shore.
As a catastrophic hurricane bears down on Willet Island, threatening to erase everything Kate has fought to protect, she and Ryan are forced to confront the tempest within their own hearts. With time running out and the storm closing in, they must decide whether to hold onto the past or risk everything for a second chance at love.
For fans of Nicholas Sparks and Buck Turner, a powerful story of first love, second chances, and the courage to face life's fiercest storms. The Last Promise reminds us that in nature, and in love, the most beautiful moments often come after the storm. A breathtaking tale of love, loss, and redemption that will sweep you away like the tide and leave you breathless long after the storm has passed.
He thought he had all the time in the world. Until his heart told him otherwise.
For fourteen years, Ryan Carter has chased the wild—snow leopards in the Himalayas, monsoons in the Amazon, deserts that swallow men whole. Behind every award-winning photograph is the same unspoken truth: he’s running. From the promises he broke. From the girl he left behind on Willet Island. From the life he was too afraid to choose.
But when a sudden heart attack brings him to his knees in the middle of a foreign desert, Ryan is forced to face a terrifying truth—he’s out of second chances. Unless he’s brave enough to make the hardest journey of all: the one back home.
Haunted by memories of Kate Monroe, the girl who believed in forever, Ryan returns to the island that shaped them both. He doesn’t know if forgiveness is possible, or if love can survive so many storms. But this time, he’s ready to find out.
The Long Way Home is a poignant prequel to The Last Promise, a story of reckoning, redemption, and the kind of love that never truly dies.
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Some summers change everything. Some secrets last a lifetime.
In the summer of 1998, Catherine Sheridan thought she had found forever in a whirlwind Caribbean romance with Mark Winston. Their days were filled with sun-drenched laughter, their nights with promises whispered under starlit skies. But when one fateful choice ended their story too soon, Catherine returned home carrying both a broken heart and a secret that would shape the rest of her life.
Twenty-five years later, Catherine’s daughter, Marigold, discovers her mother’s old journal—and with it, the truth about the father she never knew. Drawn into the story of that unforgettable summer, Marigold sets out to find the man who still haunts her mother’s words.
When Mark and Marigold finally meet, he sees Catherine’s spirit staring back at him in her eyes. As father and daughter begin to build the connection they lost to time, they must also face the past that kept them apart—and the fragile possibility of healing before it’s too late.
Is fate offering them a second chance, or will unearthing the truth demand a cost the heart may not survive?
Poignant, sweeping, and deeply heartfelt, The Secret is a story of first love, family bonds, and the second chances we never stop hoping for. Perfect for fans of Nicholas Sparks.
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