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2025 · 290 pages · Wild Heart Books
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When Samuel returns to his small hometown as the new pastor, he's stunned to find Lydia—the girl who vanished from his life years ago—is now a teacher determined to keep her heart locked away forever. Their painful past and the secrets they've been carrying seem to make a second chance impossible, but when they're drawn together through caring for an orphaned child, something shifts between them. As they slowly learn to trust each other again, Samuel and Lydia discover that healing might be possible—if they're brave enough to face what they've buried and risk their carefully rebuilt lives for love. It's a tender, emotional journey about second chances and learning that sometimes the person who got away is exactly who you need to find your way home.
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Soft acoustic folk meets gentle indie romance—think wistful guitar, tender vocals, and melancholic strings. Capture the ache of lost time, the quiet hope of redemption, and the warmth of small-town grace. Sentimental yet hopeful.
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