A Harbor for Broken Souls

Sometimes anguish can give way before silence ... and love

By: Janice Bayne, HTJ Fiction Publications

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

On the cold, working waters off Rockland, Maine, Yulenka Kamenev keeps her lobster boat moving the only way she knows how—steady, disciplined, and alone. Grief has settled into her bones, though it has not slowed her hands. The work continues because it must.

Sully McCarthy arrives with little more than a duffel bag and a past he does not offer freely. After more than thirty years in prison for a crime he did not commit, he is not looking for redemption—only a place to stand and a way to earn his keep.

Thrown together on a weathered lobster boat, their days are shaped by tide, rope, and routine. Words come slow. Trust comes slower. What builds between them does not announce itself—it takes form in shared labor, quiet understanding, and the weight of choices neither of them can undo.

A Harbor for Broken Souls is a story of resilience, second chances, and a love that grows not from promises, but from presence—steady as the sea, and just as enduring.