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The Cost of Coming Home: A Short Novel of Estranged Sisters, Family Secrets, and Second Chances
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 12 2026
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.26 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Two sisters. Fifteen years of silence. Twenty-one days to save the only home they ever shared.
When Julia Hale's fiancé leaves her for another woman six weeks before their wedding, he takes more than their future with him. The money meant to finish the family estate's event barn is gone, the bills are overdue, and the bank is preparing to act.
Julia has one possible source of help: Victoria, the older sister she has not spoken to in fifteen years.
Victoria built a successful career in New York by walking into failing companies and making decisions no one else wants to make. Returning to Willow Ridge means facing the family she left behind, the choices that made her successful, and the secret their father carried to his grave.
With forensic accountant Liam Mercer helping them sort through old loans and missing money, the sisters discover that the debt threatening their home began long before Julia's canceled wedding. Saving the estate will require more than a financial plan. Julia must decide what is truly worth keeping, Victoria must tell the whole truth, and both women must stop allowing the past to choose their future.
The Cost of Coming Home is a short, emotionally honest novel about estranged sisters, family secrets, mature love, forgiveness, and rebuilding a life after betrayal.
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