A Love Revived
(2026)(The second book in the Second Chance Love in Glory Falls series)
A novel by Dora Hiers
When a decades-old secret unravels, will the truth drive them apart again? Or is the Lord gifting them a second chance at love this Christmas?
Since his recent retirement, Police Chief Graham Conover has no idea how to fill the interminably long days. After forty decades in law enforcement, he doesn't know who he is without the badge or the title. Hoping for a fresh start, where folks don't always come to him with their troubles instead of the newly installed police chief and where his ex-wife can't continue to flaunt her upgraded status and wealth since divorcing him to marry a senator, Graham heads to the one place forever engraved on his heart: Glory Falls. Leaving the quaint college town tucked in the mountains of North Carolina is his one regret, and lately thoughts of Sutton Burkhart, the girl who rejected his invitation to come with him after graduation, keeps invading his dreams. He'd rather chase down a perp on foot than face that painful and humiliating rejection again, so he aims to squash those dreams, along with any wishes of a do-over. And maybe, finally, get some much-needed rest.
When her former college sweetheart shows up at her veterinary clinic with Chief, his incredibly smart German Shepherd, Sutton Burkhart barely recognizes him. Graham isn't the same confident man she dated for three wonderful years before he roared out of Glory Falls on his motorcycle, eager to pursue his law enforcement career and unconcerned about her shattered heart. Now he seems…lost. As if decades of life had worn him down. But Sutton has too much on her plate right now--raising her granddaughter, volunteering at the local animal shelter, and preparing to sell her veterinary business--to think about him. Besides, his abandonment cut her deep, and her heart never healed. She can't risk losing her head or her heart over Graham again. Her daughter and granddaughter need her.
She isn't prepared for the soul-deep tug at seeing him interact with his beloved dog--and her granddaughter--or witnessing the fruits of his faith. Being with him again revives the tiny ember of love still glowing even after all these years. But when a decades-old secret unravels, will the truth drive them apart again? Or is the Lord gifting them a second chance at love this Christmas?
Genre: Inspirational
Since his recent retirement, Police Chief Graham Conover has no idea how to fill the interminably long days. After forty decades in law enforcement, he doesn't know who he is without the badge or the title. Hoping for a fresh start, where folks don't always come to him with their troubles instead of the newly installed police chief and where his ex-wife can't continue to flaunt her upgraded status and wealth since divorcing him to marry a senator, Graham heads to the one place forever engraved on his heart: Glory Falls. Leaving the quaint college town tucked in the mountains of North Carolina is his one regret, and lately thoughts of Sutton Burkhart, the girl who rejected his invitation to come with him after graduation, keeps invading his dreams. He'd rather chase down a perp on foot than face that painful and humiliating rejection again, so he aims to squash those dreams, along with any wishes of a do-over. And maybe, finally, get some much-needed rest.
When her former college sweetheart shows up at her veterinary clinic with Chief, his incredibly smart German Shepherd, Sutton Burkhart barely recognizes him. Graham isn't the same confident man she dated for three wonderful years before he roared out of Glory Falls on his motorcycle, eager to pursue his law enforcement career and unconcerned about her shattered heart. Now he seems…lost. As if decades of life had worn him down. But Sutton has too much on her plate right now--raising her granddaughter, volunteering at the local animal shelter, and preparing to sell her veterinary business--to think about him. Besides, his abandonment cut her deep, and her heart never healed. She can't risk losing her head or her heart over Graham again. Her daughter and granddaughter need her.
She isn't prepared for the soul-deep tug at seeing him interact with his beloved dog--and her granddaughter--or witnessing the fruits of his faith. Being with him again revives the tiny ember of love still glowing even after all these years. But when a decades-old secret unravels, will the truth drive them apart again? Or is the Lord gifting them a second chance at love this Christmas?
Genre: Inspirational