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A Place for Grace
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781966093473
Publisher: Sterling Ridge Press LLC
Published: Aug 14 2026
Pages: 346
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.86 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
She needs honest work; he needs a reason to stay.
In 1886 Montana Territory, widow Grace Larkin has buried her husband and mother and spent nearly every dollar she had caring for those she loves. Her home is debt-free, but taxes, repairs, and a nearly empty purse threaten the only security Grace can give her daughter Molly. Convinced she must carry every burden herself, Grace walks into the Silver Thread Mine and asks for work. She needs steady wages, yet failure could cost her the job she is given, her independence, and the home she has fought to preserve.
Mine foreman Clark Garrett knows promises and security can turn deadly without warning. An earlier mine collapse left twenty-three men dead and taught him to distrust any future he cannot guarantee. Now he is determined to bring the Silver Thread Mine into full production without risking another life. Falling for a widow and her trusting little girl threatens the careful distance he has kept for years, because Clark believes an honorable man should offer certainty before he offers his heart.
Grace's new position brings them together over shared meals, muddy roads, Sunday worship, and the daily demands of a growing frontier mining camp. Her capable leadership in the cookhouse earns Clark's respect, while his patience with Molly reaches the guarded places in Grace's heart. Soon shared work becomes courtship, and Molly's growing trust means any retreat could break a child's heart as well as Grace's. But as danger presses close and the future of the mine remains uncertain, Clark must decide whether love is another promise he cannot safely make.
Grace must learn to receive help without mistaking it for weakness. Clark must accept that faithfulness asks for courage within uncertainty. To build a life together, they must trust God with the road they cannot see and receive the grace He provides.
Tropes:
- Second chance at love
- Widow and single mother
- Protective, wounded hero
- Workplace proximity
- Slow-burn courtship
- Found family
Reader Promise: A faith-forward Christian historical romance with a tender clean love story, meaningful emotional growth, strong community bonds, and a deeply hopeful ending.
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