She lost her career. She might be about to find her life.
Colleen Carter built everything on success—until one phone call takes it all away. Job gone. Future uncertain. Pride shattered. With nowhere else to go, she returns to Stillwater Cove, the small coastal town she once couldn’t wait to escape.
But home isn’t the same.
Ben Walsh—her childhood friend—is now a widower raising his young son and fighting to keep his lobster business afloat. The town remembers her. The past hasn’t forgotten her. And tucked inside her late father’s belongings, Colleen finds something she never expected—his private journals… and the quiet story of a faith she never knew he had.
As she helps save a struggling community center, Colleen begins to uncover a truth that unsettles everything she thought she knew:
What if God was working in her life long before she ever noticed?
Now she has to decide—keep chasing the life she planned… or trust the one she never saw coming.
A deeply moving story of second chances, small-town grace, and the courage to come home.
Perfect for readers of Denise Hunter, Debbie Macomber, and Becky Wade who love small-town settings, emotional healing, and faith-filled fresh starts.
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Their marriage didn’t fall apart overnight. But it might end that way.
After sixteen years together, Denise and Tom are barely holding on. The conversations have stopped. The distance feels permanent. And when one final argument pushes everything past the breaking point, Denise leaves—retreating to her grandmother’s farmhouse with one question echoing in her mind:
Is there anything left to save?
Tom isn’t ready to let go. When he follows her to Tennessee, both of them are forced to face what they’ve spent years avoiding. Next door, Earl and Wanda have been married for over fifty years—not because it was easy, but because they chose each other, again and again, through faith, failure, and forgiveness.
But Denise and Tom aren’t sure they remember how. Because rebuilding a marriage means more than fixing what’s broken. It means surrendering pride. Facing truth. And trusting that God can restore what feels too far gone. The question is… are they willing to try?
A powerful story about covenant love, second chances, and the God who never stops fighting for us.
Perfect for readers of Karen Kingsbury, Gary Thomas, and Francine Rivers who love marriage-in-crisis stories, redemption arcs, and deeply emotional faith journeys.
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Sarah Rivers writes emotionally rich inspirational romance, both contemporary and historical, about second chances, quiet faith, and the grace that meets us in life’s hardest seasons. Her stories center on women at turning points—grappling with loss, rebuilding what’s broken, and discovering that God is present even when He feels far away.
Drawn to small towns, sweeping landscapes, and close-knit communities, Sarah’s novels explore the beauty of ordinary lives transformed by extraordinary grace. Whether set in the present day or the past, her characters don’t have easy answers—but they learn to trust, to forgive, and to begin again.
When she’s not writing, Sarah can usually be found with a cup of coffee in hand, watching the light change through the trees, or dreaming up her next story of hope, healing, and redemption.