Second Chance Books in Order

Widowed Kestra returns to the Oregon coast and buys the stone mansion she admired as a child. As she turns it into a restaurant, a mysterious stranger and a jealous contractor complicate her new beginning.

Free from caring for her grandmother, Emma Davis leaves Iowa on a Pacific cruise. In Papua New Guinea, caring for three motherless children and befriending their widowed father gives her an unexpected sense of purpose.

Abandoned by her fiancé shortly before their wedding, teacher Jayne Morgan wants to leave Paradise, Oregon. Her commitment to her pupils keeps her there, while meeting Harris McAllister brings new lessons in love and tolerance.

Widow Gwen Sullivan faces an empty home when her daughter leaves for college and takes a difficult interior-design job. A project with mysterious Oliver Black offers new confidence, but trusting him with her heart proves harder.

After an abusive childhood and years in foster homes, Cassandra Jane Maxwell searches for belonging in the Jesus movement of the 1960s. A charismatic leader's California commune promises acceptance, but troubling changes threaten the refuge she hoped to find.

Independent eighty-year-old widow Dora Chase frustrates her family, while young Armando Garcia looks for shortcuts that sometimes lead toward crime. Their unlikely meeting changes both lives, opening a path toward hope and healing neither expected.

Widowed Kestra returns to the Oregon coast and buys the stone mansion she dreamed of owning as a child. Turning it into a restaurant offers a fresh start, until a stranger's arrival and a contractor's jealousy complicate matters.