Synopsis:
In the wake of WWII, a grieving fisherman submits a poem to a local newspaper: a rallying cry for hope, purpose . . . and rocks. Send me a rock for the person you lost, and I will build something life-giving. When the poem spreads farther than he ever intended, Robert Bliss’s humble words change the tide of a nation. Boxes of rocks inundate the tiny, coastal Maine town, and he sets his calloused hands to work, but the building halts when tragedy strikes.
Decades later, Annie Bliss is summoned back to Ansel-by-the-Sea when she learns her Great-Uncle Robert, the man who became her refuge during the hardest summer of her youth, is now the one in need of help. What she didn’t anticipate was finding a wall of heavy boxes hiding in his home. Long-ago memories of stone ruins on a nearby island trigger her curiosity, igniting a fire in her anthropologist soul to uncover answers.
She joins forces with the handsome and mysterious harbor postman, and all her hopes of mending the decades-old chasm in her family seem to point back to the ruins. But with Robert failing fast, her search for answers battles against time, a foe as relentless as the ever-crashing waves upon the sea.
What To Expect:
You can expect a cozy, seaside romantic escape via Christian historical fiction to the coastal town of Ansel-by-the-Sea, Maine, where family secret histories will be revealed, loved ones will find each other again, and a romance (or two) sweetly blossoms despite the hardships and griefs that rise and fall with the tides.
Content Warnings:
Language: None
Sexual Content: Mild/Clean – Some sweet kissing and romantic gestures, nothing graphic
Violence: Mild – Some character deaths (non-graphic;) concentration camps discussed (non-graphic)
Substance Use: Mild – Alcoholism mentioned, brief and nondescriptive
Prejudices: Mild – Antisemitism relating to WWII is mentioned (non-graphic)
Religious Themes: Overt Christian themes: characters pray, attend church, read the Bible, state their reliance on guidance from God, and some claim to hear God’s voice
Other Topics: Mild – Family separation, a coma, abusive step-parent (brief, non-graphic,) death of a spouse, injury related to a fire, peril from a storm on a boat
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