The Timber’s Secret

The Timber’s SecretThe memories are returning. The secrets are surfacing. And some truths were buried for a reason.The Timber’s Secret is Book Two of the Grace Hollow Trilogy, continuing Alicia and Gabriel’s journey of faith, healing, love, and mystery begun in Grace In The Valley.Alicia has fought hard to build a new life in Grace Hollow. With Gabriel beside her and a community that has become a refuge, she is finally beginning to believe that the future might hold something stronger than the fear and uncertainty of her forgotten past.But the past is no longer willing to remain forgotten.Fragments of Alicia’s memory begin to return, bringing disturbing questions and connections she cannot ignore. As pieces involving Travis and Kellerman emerge, what once seemed lost inside her damaged memory begins pointing toward something dangerous-and toward the forests surrounding Grace Hollow.The search for answers leads Alicia and Gabriel deeper into the wilderness, where another mystery is waiting beneath the towering trees.Evidence begins to expose an illegal poaching operation involving valuable old-growth timber, and the people behind it have no intention of allowing their secrets to be uncovered. When attempts are made to destroy the evidence, Alicia and Gabriel realize they are no longer simply searching for answers about the past.They are standing in the way of people with everything to lose.As danger closes in, Alicia must confront memories she once desperately wanted back-and discover that remembering can sometimes be more frightening than forgetting.Gabriel has his own battles to face. A man accustomed to mountain rescue and protecting others, he cannot shield Alicia from every truth waiting for her. Their growing relationship is tested by danger, secrecy, fear, and the difficult question of how deeply two people can trust one another when the past keeps changing everything they thought they knew.Around them, the people of Grace Hollow-including Rae, Dom, Vivienne, Father Julian, and others who have become part of Alicia’s new life-remain woven into a story where community, faith, and compassion stand against the darkness threatening to break through.Yet The Timber’s Secret is more than a suspense story.At its heart is a deeply faith-centered journey through grief and grace, forgiveness and fear, brokenness and healing. Alicia and Gabriel must learn that faith does not promise a life without danger or pain. Sometimes faith is simply what gives us the courage to face the truth when running would be easier.The Grace Hollow TrilogyBook One - Grace In The ValleyA battered woman with no memory finds refuge in the mountains and begins an unexpected journey of faith, healing, mystery, and love.Book Two - The Timber’s SecretReturning memories expose buried secrets and dangerous connections as Alicia and Gabriel discover that the forests surrounding Grace Hollow are hiding truths of their own.Book Three - Trails of MemoryThe concluding novel brings the journey toward its final revelations as mysteries are answered, faith is tested, and the path toward healing and redemption reaches its destination.Perfect for readers who enjoy Christian romantic suspense, Catholic inspirational fiction, clean romance, mountain mysteries, small-town secrets, emotional suspense, faith-filled stories, forgiveness, redemption, and second chances.Memories return. Secrets surface. Faith may be the only way to face the truth.