She needed a fresh start. He needed a second chance. But the past isn’t finished with either of them.

Grendolyn Hoff returned to Sitna with a baby on her hip, a sewing basket on her arm, and a plan: build a life for her daughter — alone, on her own terms. She doesn’t need anyone.

What she didn’t plan on? Her late husband Riga’s secrets. And when those secrets point straight to a conspiracy that could threaten the throne itself, the people behind it don’t care that she had no part in any of it.

She also didn’t plan on Harnu Poe.

Harnu has left his troublemaking past with Riga behind and spent years trying to become worthy of Gren’s love. Only she’s made it clear that he is not part of her life, and never will be.

When danger starts circling Gren and her daughter, Harnu Poe isn’t standing aside — even if it means facing the past he fought so hard to forget.

The conspiracy won’t stop until Harnu and Gren are silenced. But when they stand together against the shadows, Gren will have to face the truth she’s been running from: she can’t lose him. But can she let her wounded heart trust him before it’s too late?

Reformed troublemaker. Single mom. A past that refuses to stay buried, a love that’s waited long enough, a God who never stopped pursuing them both.