Patricia Yager Delagrange – författare

Some fences take a family to mend... and a love to hold it together. When Patti Michaels buries her mother, she doesn't expect the rest of her family to fall apart right along with her grief. An absent father, a sister who's never forgiven him, another who'd sell them all out for an inheritance—home was never simple, and now it's worse. What is simple is Robert Blakely: the steady, irresistibly direct man who walks into her life at exactly the moment she needs someone to believe in. Their connection is immediate, real, and everything Patti didn't know she was looking for. But before she can fully step into that future, the past catches up with her in the worst way—a betrayal so devastating it threatens to take her down for good. Patti doesn't break. She fights back, on her own terms, and refuses to let one terrible night define the rest of her life. What she finds on the other side is more than she ever expected: a baby to love unconditionally, a man who loves them both without hesitation, and sisters who—however imperfectly—are finally choosing each other. Some fences take an entire family to mend. This one's worth every bit of the work.

She disappeared without a trace... love found him when he needed it most. Dr. Jessee Bradford has the perfect life: a beautiful wife, a daughter he adores, a home above the Santa Barbara coast. Then he comes home one ordinary afternoon to find them both gone—no struggle, no ransom note, nothing but silence and an empty crib. For years, Jessee doesn't know if his family was stolen from him or if his wife simply chose to disappear. The not-knowing nearly destroys him. He rebuilds his life on his grandparents' Iowa farm, throws himself into his veterinary practice, and tells himself he's moved on. Then he meets Laura Driscoll: a strong, warm-hearted widow who never expected to fall in love again either. What starts as friendship becomes something neither of them can deny—until the past she buried and the past he never solved collide in ways that threaten everything they've built together. Some secrets stay hidden for years. Love isn't always one of them. But sometimes it takes losing everything twice to know exactly what—and who—is worth fighting for.

A marriage broken by grief... a second-chance love reborn. Brandy Chambers had the marriage, the home, the nursery already painted pink. Then she lost her daughter in the same breath she was born, and the husband she loved became a stranger sleeping on the other side of the bed. While Weston buries himself in a job three thousand miles away, Brandy reconnects with someone she never expected to see again: Edward, the boy she knew in high school, now a sharp, charming attorney who sees the woman she's becoming, not just the wife she used to be. What starts as comfort becomes something neither of them can walk away from—even after the truth comes out, even after the divorce, even with a baby on the way who isn't her husband's. Brandy finally has the life, and the love, she thought grief had taken from her forever. Until one bullet on the courthouse steps threatens to take it all away again. Some loves survive loss. Some are born from it. This one will be tested by both—and proven by the only four words that matter: I still love you.

A town she couldn't find on any map... a love she never planned for. After her husband's sudden death, Annie Davidson packs up her grieving son and drives away from the life she knew—anywhere but here. What she finds instead is Brandiss: a tiny town so far off the map it might not officially exist, and a fresh start neither of them knew they needed. What she doesn't expect is Prescott Beemiller. Charming, devoted, carrying grief of his own—his wife and young son vanished three years ago, and he's spent every day since not knowing if they're alive or gone forever. Two people who've lost everything start, carefully, to build something new. But just as Annie and Prescott begin to imagine a future together, the past that haunts him resurfaces—and threatens to undo it all before it's even begun. Sometimes the family you're meant to have isn't the one you started with. Sometimes you have to get lost to find exactly where you belong.

A secret she can't outrun... a love she never expected. Maddy McCray has buried more loss than any twenty-two-year-old should carry—including babies of her own she never got to bring home. When she finds an abandoned infant behind the diner where she works, she doesn't call the police. She calls her a daughter. With her surrogate mother, Cheryl, at her side, Maddy leaves the only town she's ever known for a fresh start in Oakland, determined to become the nurse—and the mother—she's always dreamed of being. What she doesn't expect is Dr. Bryce Russell: brilliant, wealthy, and utterly out of her league, the professor who looks at her like she's the only woman in the room. Falling for Bryce means risking the one thing she can't survive losing: the truth about where her daughter really came from. As her new life builds around her—nursing school, a found family, a love she never thought she deserved—that truth waits in the wings to take it all away. Sometimes the family you build out of nothing is the one worth fighting hardest to keep.

Turbulence brought them together... love made it permanent. Sage Thompson is flying home to Alameda with a broken heart and a fresh start in mind—until severe turbulence throws her, quite literally, into the arms of Cashton Everly: a runaway restaurant heir trading his father's empire for a paintbrush and a chance to live life on his own terms. Coming home means reconnecting with the family she's neglected for years—and facing news that threatens to break what's left of her heart: her mother is dying. As Sage steps into the hardest season of her life, Cashton becomes the steady, unexpected presence she didn't know she needed. Their connection deepens through hospital waiting rooms, gallery openings, and quiet nights that turn into something neither of them planned. But just when their future together comes into focus, a complication from Sage's past threatens to change everything—and put Cashton's feelings to the ultimate test. Some loves are easy. This one is real. And what follows grief is sometimes the start of everything.

She didn't think she was worth saving... love proved her wrong. Lexie has spent her whole life feeling like the spare part in her own family—the adopted daughter who never quite measured up to her glamorous, golden sister, Payton. When a reckless night nearly ends her life, Lexie has to face an uncomfortable truth: she didn't fight very hard to survive it. What follows is the hardest, most necessary year of her life. Therapy. A support group that finally makes her feel seen. A controlling man who teaches her what she doesn't want. And then Jack—patient, steady, the kind of man who asks questions and actually waits for the answers. As Lexie slowly learns to believe she's worth loving, Payton is fighting her own battle, and a search neither sister expected leads to a discovery that will redefine what family even means to both of them. Sometimes the people meant to love you find you exactly when you're finally ready to let them. This is a story about the family you're given, the family you find, and the love that teaches you you're worth keeping.