Some truths can only be proven by the people brave enough to speak them.
Priscilla Lang knows what it costs to be called a liar. Back in Pennsylvania, a deacon's obsession became her scandal, his letters became her shame, and the truth no one wanted to believe became the reason she had to leave. Now she's come to Providence Ridge, Montana Territory, to help build the church this frontier town has been praying for—a fresh start where no one knows her name. But when a woman from her past arrives with accusations and evidence, Pris discovers that some shadows follow you no matter how far you run. She has proof of her innocence hidden in her trunk. Using it would destroy lives. Staying silent might destroy her.
Jeremiah Boone builds what Providence Ridge needs—homes, fences, the church rising on the civic hill—and he leads hymns on Sunday because someone has to. But he learned young that visibility invites ruin. His father was a preacher whose pride curdled into something ugly, and Jeremiah has spent thirteen years making sure he never becomes a man the whole town watches. When the new church organizer arrives with a gift for making hard things feel possible and a past that's about to catch up with her, Jeremiah tells himself to keep his distance. Help with the building. Stay out of the rest. He can't.
Because working beside Priscilla day after day—planning where the light will fall through windows that don't yet exist, watching her teach children with patient hands, seeing her armor crack just enough to reveal the woman beneath—has become something more than partnership. And when the accusations come and the town demands answers, Jeremiah faces the choice he's avoided his whole life: stay invisible and let her be destroyed, or step into the light and speak for the woman he's coming to love.
In a place where faith is built by hand and reputation can be torn down in a whisper, two people must decide what they're willing to risk for a love worth speaking aloud.
Tropes:
Priscilla Lang knows what it costs to be called a liar. Back in Pennsylvania, a deacon's obsession became her scandal, his letters became her shame, and the truth no one wanted to believe became the reason she had to leave. Now she's come to Providence Ridge, Montana Territory, to help build the church this frontier town has been praying for—a fresh start where no one knows her name. But when a woman from her past arrives with accusations and evidence, Pris discovers that some shadows follow you no matter how far you run. She has proof of her innocence hidden in her trunk. Using it would destroy lives. Staying silent might destroy her.
Jeremiah Boone builds what Providence Ridge needs—homes, fences, the church rising on the civic hill—and he leads hymns on Sunday because someone has to. But he learned young that visibility invites ruin. His father was a preacher whose pride curdled into something ugly, and Jeremiah has spent thirteen years making sure he never becomes a man the whole town watches. When the new church organizer arrives with a gift for making hard things feel possible and a past that's about to catch up with her, Jeremiah tells himself to keep his distance. Help with the building. Stay out of the rest. He can't.
Because working beside Priscilla day after day—planning where the light will fall through windows that don't yet exist, watching her teach children with patient hands, seeing her armor crack just enough to reveal the woman beneath—has become something more than partnership. And when the accusations come and the town demands answers, Jeremiah faces the choice he's avoided his whole life: stay invisible and let her be destroyed, or step into the light and speak for the woman he's coming to love.
In a place where faith is built by hand and reputation can be torn down in a whisper, two people must decide what they're willing to risk for a love worth speaking aloud.
Tropes:
- Forced proximity (working together on a shared mission)
Protecting her reputation
Scandal and secrets
Quiet hero finds his voice
Small-town community romance
He falls first
Reader Promise: This clean Christian historical romance contains no explicit content, features an emotionally rich love story with lived-in faith, and delivers a deeply satisfying happily-ever-after anchored in hope, community, and covenant.
Genre: Inspirational