Where the River Carries Us 4
(2026)(The fourth book in the Riverbend Retreat series)
A Story by Nina Beckett
The truth is finally coming into the light. But someone will do anything to keep it from staying there.
Courtney Hines came to Riverbend searching for answers about a father she never knew.
Now he's back in her life.
And the secrets he carried for thirty years are about to follow all of them into a federal courtroom.
As the case surrounding Mason Dane moves forward, Courtney and Jadon Cleveland are no longer simply uncovering the past. They're living with its consequences.
For Jadon, that means confronting questions about his years as a doctor—and the records Sarah was investigating before her death.
For Courtney, it means watching her father finally answer for the choices he made, while trying to decide whether understanding why he left is enough to begin forgiving him.
Then crucial evidence disappears from inside Riverbend.
No broken lock.
No forced door.
No sign that anyone ever entered.
Someone knew exactly where to look.
Suddenly, the retreat Courtney and Jadon have come to think of as home no longer feels quite as safe as it once did.
But some things have changed.
Courtney doesn't face uncertainty alone anymore.
Jadon doesn't carry Sarah's memory alone.
And the relationship that began between two guarded strangers has become something steady enough to hold them when everything else starts shifting beneath their feet.
As testimony begins and old financial records reveal one more secret Courtney's father kept hidden, the truth threatens to cost their family far more than either expected.
Yet Riverbend has taught them both that starting over isn't about escaping the past.
It's about finding someone willing to stand beside you while you finally face it.
Where the River Carries Us continues the Riverbend Retreat series with a clean later-in-life romance, deepening love, family reconciliation, 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 Four of the Riverbend Retreat series. Best enjoyed in order.
Genre: Inspirational
Courtney Hines came to Riverbend searching for answers about a father she never knew.
Now he's back in her life.
And the secrets he carried for thirty years are about to follow all of them into a federal courtroom.
As the case surrounding Mason Dane moves forward, Courtney and Jadon Cleveland are no longer simply uncovering the past. They're living with its consequences.
For Jadon, that means confronting questions about his years as a doctor—and the records Sarah was investigating before her death.
For Courtney, it means watching her father finally answer for the choices he made, while trying to decide whether understanding why he left is enough to begin forgiving him.
Then crucial evidence disappears from inside Riverbend.
No broken lock.
No forced door.
No sign that anyone ever entered.
Someone knew exactly where to look.
Suddenly, the retreat Courtney and Jadon have come to think of as home no longer feels quite as safe as it once did.
But some things have changed.
Courtney doesn't face uncertainty alone anymore.
Jadon doesn't carry Sarah's memory alone.
And the relationship that began between two guarded strangers has become something steady enough to hold them when everything else starts shifting beneath their feet.
As testimony begins and old financial records reveal one more secret Courtney's father kept hidden, the truth threatens to cost their family far more than either expected.
Yet Riverbend has taught them both that starting over isn't about escaping the past.
It's about finding someone willing to stand beside you while you finally face it.
Where the River Carries Us continues the Riverbend Retreat series with a clean later-in-life romance, deepening love, family reconciliation, 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 Four of the Riverbend Retreat series. Best enjoyed in order.
Genre: Inspirational