Where Grace Begins

A Clean Faith-Based Second-Chance Small-Town Romance (Sunrise Meadow Series - Book 1)

She came home to face her mistakes—
but staying means risking her heart for the man she never stopped loving.

Leah Rivera never expected to return to Sunrise Meadow—or to the man she left behind.

Her father’s death brings her home, along with a failing café and a past she was never ready to face.

Leah plans to fix what she can, sell the business, and leave again.

Instead, everything changes.

Daniel Carter is no longer the boy she once loved.

Now the town’s fire chief, he is steady, guarded, and slow to forgive.

Forced to co-chair the Sunrise Festival, old wounds reopen—and so do feelings neither of them is ready to confront.

As Leah uncovers her late mother’s journal, faith quietly stirs, and forgiveness begins to feel possible.

Just when Leah starts to believe staying might be the right choice, something happens that makes her question everything.

And she’s left wondering—
was coming home the right decision to face her mistakes… or the chance to recover the love she once left behind?


The Hearts of Sunrise Meadow series can be read separately, but you won’t want to miss these beautiful stories of love—a sweet, clean, faith-based small-town romance collection centered on forgiveness, hope, and trusting God’s timing.