Something Like Family

A STORY OF SECOND CHANCES, UNLIKELY CONNECTIONS, AND THE FAMILY WE CHOOSE WHEN LIFE FALLS APART

Lauren never imagined she’d be raising her nine-year-old son alone. After losing her husband, grief became the quiet shadow in every room, every routine, every attempt to hold her life together. She survives by staying focused—work, responsibility, structure—anything that keeps her from dwelling on the empty space beside her. Jack’s world, meanwhile, fell apart long before Lauren ever knew his name. When his ex-partner walked away, leaving him to raise their nine-year-old daughter alone, he learned to navigate parenthood through instinct and stubborn resolve. He knows what it’s like to be left behind—and he’ll do anything to make sure his daughter never feels that again.

Their lives collide at a moment neither of them is ready for. What begins as two single parents cautiously circling the edges of each other’s world slowly shifts into something deeper: two people who understand loneliness, who recognize the ache in the other’s voice, who see the quiet exhaustion behind every forced smile. In their kids, they see innocence worth protecting; in each other, they begin to see the possibility of something they thought was gone—a future not defined by grief or abandonment, but by connection.

Something Like Family is a heartfelt story about rebuilding a life after loss, about learning to trust when trust has been broken, and about the unexpected beauty that forms when two fractured families discover they fit together. It is a testament to second chances, healing, and the love that grows when people who have every reason to give up decide to try again—together.

The Seat Beside Me

A childhood promise. A lifetime of love. A story of always belonging side by side.

From the moment Tom Whitaker called for the bus to wait and saved a seat for Anna Hayes, their lives became intertwined. What began as childhood loyalty grew into young love, a wartime marriage, and a bond tested by distance, grief, and the weight of history. Through every trial, one simple vow carried them: “I’ll save you a seat.”

But it was never just about the chair left empty. It was about the place they saved for one another—both in this world and in their hearts.

Spanning the dusty roads of small-town America, the battlefields of World War II, and the quiet rhythms of family life, The Seat Beside Me traces the decades-long journey of Tom and Anna’s love. From handwritten letters that bridged oceans, to rocking chairs left waiting on a porch, to pews filled with both joy and sorrow, their story is one of resilience, devotion, and the eternal hope of reunion.

As childhood sweethearts become husband and wife, grieving parents, and finally silver-haired companions, they never stop finding their way back to each other—even when loss threatens to tear them apart.

The Seat Beside Me is a sweeping historical love story for fans of The Notebook and A Walk to Remember—a moving reminder that true love doesn’t just save you a place beside someone. It saves you a place within them, forever.

Saving Grace

A promise born of grief. A bond forged in hardship. A story of saving—and being saved—in the most unexpected ways.

When fifteen-year-old Brian loses both parents in a tragic accident, he’s left with nothing but a baby sister, a battered guitar, and the weight of a promise: “I’ve got you, kiddo.” Forced to leave behind everything familiar, Brian and baby Grace are sent to live with the estranged grandfather he’s never met—in a crumbling house on the edge of town, hiding an old well and a hundred years’ worth of whispered wishes.

What begins as survival soon becomes a journey of reluctant resilience. Brian juggles diapers and algebra, lullabies and social workers, as he struggles to hold onto Grace—and himself—amid a world that keeps asking more than a boy should give. But just when the weight feels unbearable, a fall into the town’s forgotten wishing well uncovers something extraordinary: hundreds of thousands of coins, a century of hope cast into darkness... and maybe, a miracle waiting to be claimed.

The Well of Grace is a deeply moving story of sibling love, quiet sacrifice, and the invisible threads that hold families together. Spanning years of hardship and hope, it explores how promises shape us, how kindness echoes through time, and how grace—whether a name or a gift—can save more than just one life.

For readers who believe in second chances, silent prayers, and the magic hidden in the ordinary, The Well of Grace is a story that lingers long after the last page, reminding us that even the smallest wish can light the darkest well.