Tomorrow's Promise Collection Books in Order
Part ofKathryn Cushman Books in OrderSee the Tomorrow's Promise Collection by Kathryn Cushman in order, with concise book summaries, series background, and simple advice on where to start.
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Tomorrow's Promise Collection books in publication order
8 books
A Promise to Remember
by Kathryn Cushman
2007
After an accident takes their sons, privileged Santa Barbara mother Andie Phelps and struggling single mother Melanie Johnston are tied together by grief. As a lawsuit strains the community, both women must decide what remembrance, accountability, and forgiveness require.
Leaving Yesterday
by Kathryn Cushman
2008
Alisa Stewart believes her son Kurt has changed after entering rehab, until police connect him to a drug dealer’s murder. When evidence points toward Kurt and another man is charged, a mother’s protective instinct collides with the truth.
Waiting for Daybreak
by Kathryn Cushman
2008
Paige Woodward needs a new pharmacy job to help pay for her mother’s treatment, even if it means hiding her past. Clarissa Richardson sees Paige as the threat to her own dream, setting two desperate women on a collision course.
Another Dawn
by Kathryn Cushman
2011
Grace Graham returns to Shoal Creek, Tennessee, with her young son to help her recovering father. When the unvaccinated boy becomes the center of a measles outbreak, Grace faces fear, public anger, and the cost of decisions she believed were private.
Almost Amish
by Kathryn Cushman
2012
Burned-out Julie Charlton joins her sister-in-law Susan for a reality-TV experiment in simple living on a Tennessee farm near Amish country. Away from their usual routines, both women confront family pressure, ambition, and what they actually want from life.
Chasing Hope
by Kathryn Cushman
2013
Former Olympic hopeful Sabrina Rice recognizes rare talent in Brandy Philip, a teenage graffiti artist racing toward trouble. When Sabrina tries to keep Brandy out of juvenile hall, the unlikely friendship forces them both to reconsider the futures they thought were gone.
Finding Me
by Kathryn Cushman
2015
After her father and stepmother die, Kelli Huddleston discovers that her father once faked both his death and hers. A trip to Tennessee introduces her to the family she never knew and secrets that could upend the future she planned.
Fading Starlight
by Kathryn Cushman
2016
Fashion intern Lauren Summers loses her career after a red carpet disaster and takes a low-paid job near a reclusive former Hollywood star. A reporter’s offer to clear Lauren’s name draws her into the older woman’s guarded past.
Tomorrow's Promise Collection books in chronological order
A Promise to Remember
by Kathryn Cushman
2007Tomorrow's Promise Collection, Book 1
Waiting for Daybreak
by Kathryn Cushman
2008Tomorrow's Promise Collection, Book 2
Leaving Yesterday
by Kathryn Cushman
2008Tomorrow's Promise Collection, Book 3
Another Dawn
by Kathryn Cushman
2011Tomorrow's Promise Collection, Book 4
Almost Amish
by Kathryn Cushman
2012Tomorrow's Promise Collection, Book 5
Chasing Hope
by Kathryn Cushman
2013Tomorrow's Promise Collection, Book 6
Finding Me
by Kathryn Cushman
2015Tomorrow's Promise Collection, Book 7
Fading Starlight
by Kathryn Cushman
2016Tomorrow's Promise Collection, Book 8
Series background & context
Tomorrow's Promise Collection gathers Kathryn Cushman’s contemporary stories about people whose plans have been knocked off course. The books share an interest in faith, family, loss, and hard decisions, but they are best approached as standalones. Each introduces a new central character and a new dilemma, so readers can start anywhere, though publication order offers a good path through Cushman’s work.
The first books set the tone. In A Promise to Remember, two mothers from very different circumstances are connected by a tragedy that affects their families and community. Waiting for Daybreak moves into the pressure-filled world of a pharmacy, where Paige Woodward needs a job to help her mother while Clarissa Richardson feels her own future slipping away. Leaving Yesterday asks whether a mother can protect her son without losing sight of the truth.
These are not stories where problems disappear after one sincere conversation. Cushman gives her characters choices that can hurt the people they love, then stays with the emotional fallout. Forgiveness matters, but so do accountability, trust, and the uneasy work of starting over.
Later entries widen the range of situations. Another Dawn follows Grace Graham as a measles outbreak turns a private parenting choice into a crisis for a Tennessee town. Almost Amish sends two stressed women to a summer experiment in simple living near an Amish community. In Chasing Hope, former runner Sabrina Rice sees promise in Brandy Philip, a fast and troubled teenager who may be headed for juvenile hall.
Second chances are at the heart of this collection.
Finding Me closes the group with a family-secret story. After Kelli Huddleston learns that the father she thought she knew had built his life on a deception, she travels to Tennessee to face relatives and history that were kept from her. Like the earlier novels, it focuses on a woman trying to make sense of the past while deciding what kind of future she wants.
The overall feel is contemporary women’s fiction with Christian themes and real-life stakes. Expect grief, conflict, and some uncomfortable questions, balanced by characters who keep looking for a way forward. If you like connected themes rather than a continuing cast, the collection is an easy fit: begin with A Promise to Remember for the original entry, or choose the premise that speaks to you most.
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