Where the River Carries Us 3
(2026)(The third book in the Riverbend Retreat series)
A Story by Nina Beckett
They came to Riverbend looking for answers. Now someone else is looking for the same secrets.
Courtney Hines and Jadon Cleveland have stopped pretending they're facing Riverbend alone.
After everything they've uncovered, trust has begun replacing suspicion. Quiet moments have become something more. And the retreat that once felt like an inheritance Courtney never asked for is beginning to feel dangerously close to home.
But the past isn't finished with them.
A charming stranger arrives at Riverbend asking too many questions.
He says he's a journalist.
Courtney isn't convinced.
When he begins taking an unusual interest in her father, the retreat's records, and the evidence Courtney and Jadon have uncovered, it becomes clear that someone else has been following the trail they thought belonged only to them.
Then a midnight confrontation reveals the stranger's real identity.
And the secrets surrounding Courtney's father are suddenly much bigger than Riverbend.
As an old federal investigation begins surfacing, Courtney discovers that the father she spent a lifetime believing had abandoned her may have been hiding for reasons she never imagined.
For Jadon, the revelations cut even deeper.
Because the mystery surrounding Sarah's death is no longer separate from Courtney's past.
The two stories are becoming one.
Through it all, Courtney and Jadon find themselves holding tighter to the quiet life growing around them—the River Queens, shared evenings, laughter returning to the lodge, and the connection neither of them expected to find beside the river.
They still don't know where the truth will lead.
But for the first time, they know exactly who they want beside them when they find it.
Where the River Carries Us continues the Riverbend Retreat series with a clean later-in-life romance, deepening love, found family, small-town community, emotional healing, and gentle suspense.
Return to Riverbend Retreat. Six books. One river. A buried truth. And a second chance worth staying for.
Book Three of the Riverbend Retreat series. Best enjoyed in order.
Genre: Inspirational
Courtney Hines and Jadon Cleveland have stopped pretending they're facing Riverbend alone.
After everything they've uncovered, trust has begun replacing suspicion. Quiet moments have become something more. And the retreat that once felt like an inheritance Courtney never asked for is beginning to feel dangerously close to home.
But the past isn't finished with them.
A charming stranger arrives at Riverbend asking too many questions.
He says he's a journalist.
Courtney isn't convinced.
When he begins taking an unusual interest in her father, the retreat's records, and the evidence Courtney and Jadon have uncovered, it becomes clear that someone else has been following the trail they thought belonged only to them.
Then a midnight confrontation reveals the stranger's real identity.
And the secrets surrounding Courtney's father are suddenly much bigger than Riverbend.
As an old federal investigation begins surfacing, Courtney discovers that the father she spent a lifetime believing had abandoned her may have been hiding for reasons she never imagined.
For Jadon, the revelations cut even deeper.
Because the mystery surrounding Sarah's death is no longer separate from Courtney's past.
The two stories are becoming one.
Through it all, Courtney and Jadon find themselves holding tighter to the quiet life growing around them—the River Queens, shared evenings, laughter returning to the lodge, and the connection neither of them expected to find beside the river.
They still don't know where the truth will lead.
But for the first time, they know exactly who they want beside them when they find it.
Where the River Carries Us continues the Riverbend Retreat series with a clean later-in-life romance, deepening love, found family, small-town community, emotional healing, and gentle suspense.
Return to Riverbend Retreat. Six books. One river. A buried truth. And a second chance worth staying for.
Book Three of the Riverbend Retreat series. Best enjoyed in order.
Genre: Inspirational