He made her mix CDs. Drove her home in the dark. Idled at the curb through an entire Alaska winter just so she’d have a ride after practice.

She called him her best friend. Then she left.

Scottie Sheridan has spent seven years proving she doesn’t need Redemption — or anyone in it. She films reality survival shows in the Alaskan wilderness, runs camera on heaving fishing boats in driving rain, chases the perfect shot in every dangerous place her boss can find. The job is her whole life. The adrenaline fills the gaps.

It’s also going to get her killed. And Tate McGuire knows it.

When a last-minute assignment pulls Scottie back to Redemption — back to her ailing father, her complicated stepsister, and the man she never let herself really see — Tate is done pretending he’s fine with “just friends.” He’s watched her take every risk but the one that matters. He’s prayed over every dangerous gig she’s taken. And now she’s here, filming on the same wild waters he pilots for a living, and every instinct he has is screaming.

When a violent collision on Prince William Sound puts Scottie in the water and Tate in after her, fifteen years of silence finally breaks the surface.

She left because staying hurt too much. He stayed because leaving was never an option.

For fans of Susan May Warren and Irene Hannon — a slow-burn friends-to-lovers Christian romance with heart, danger, and an ending worth every page.

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Perfect for readers who love:

• Friends-to-lovers slow burn with a long, earned payoff
• A heroine with a real career — danger, grit, and creative fire on the page 
• Protective heroes who must learn that love and control aren’t the same 
• Small-town Alaska with wilderness stakes and community heart 
• Complicated family healing done with honesty and grace 
• Faith woven naturally into real, messy life 
• Grand gestures that actually cost something 

Releasing July, 2026