Rebuilding Grace

Hannah Gibson has run the Gibson Orchard & Inn alone in every way that matters since her grandfather died three years ago - the guests, the accounts, the grief nobody let her finish having. She has one rule: the east wing, the oldest part of the house, stays exactly as he left it. Until her grandmother hires a contractor to renovate it anyway.

Micah Ward left Thistledown Falls at sixteen, the summer his family lost everything, and swore he would never come back to the town that watched it happen. He has spent his career restoring other people's history instead of his own - until Ruth Gibson calls with a job too honest to turn down.

Neither of them expects the wall to give up a hundred-year-old secret: a torn letter, a partnership that ended in betrayal, and a name - Castellan - that changes what Hannah thought she knew about her grandfather, her family, and what grace actually costs to give.

As the renovation brings the inn back to life one honest repair at a time, Hannah and Micah find themselves rebuilding more than a house - if they can both stop protecting themselves long enough to let it happen.

A clean, faith-filled small-town romance about learning that being loved doesn't mean being managed, and that some walls only come down when you finally tell the truth about what's behind them.

Perfect for readers who love:

• Forced-proximity, slow-burn romance
• Small-town family sagas with real faith at the center
• Guarded heroines who learn to let people in
• Quiet, steady heroes who show up instead of rescuing
• Multi-generational mysteries with a hundred years of history behind them