Unfinished love and continuing stories

I must confess. I have a hankering for second-chance romances. I love the idea of a re-do of a relationship that once was the biggest thing in my characters life.

That's often where my stories begin. In that moment where past comes into present and decisions have to be made.

In The Rancher Comes Home, Tye returns to Kittering Creek stripped of everything that once meant everything—his career, his confidence, even the full use of his hand. He's not the golden boy who left town chasing rodeo dreams. He's broken and living with regret and bitterness. And when he sees Bailey again—Bailey, who he barely noticed all those years ago—something shifts. But he's not sure what he can offer her.

Bailey knows Tye Kittering. He was the one who used to tease her about how much she read.  And Tye remembers Bailey and how confident she seemed in her choices.

Then they meet again and maybe they don't have.a second chance at love per se, but they do have a chance for a do-over in their relationship.

Because here's the truth about second chances: they're not about erasing the past. They're about facing it and learning from it and helping you to love better.

Yes, these are romances and yes not everyone in life gets the happy ending my characters do but at the same time I believe they show the hope of second chances in many other ways. And I like being able to weave in the promise God gives us of do-overs. Of taking our messes and making them beautiful. Of giving us chance after chance after chance.

And if God believes in second chances, shouldn't we?

To find out more about Tye and Bailey's story, click on the book cover.