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A Quiet Heart, A Fragile World A Christian Teen Romance of Faith, Healing, and First Love
Paperback
Series: Sofia & Ethen Romance, Book 1
Publisher: Jeffrey Rittenhouse
Published: Dec 10 2025
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A Quiet Heart, A Fragile World
A Christian Teen Romance of Faith, Healing, and First Love
Book One of the Sofia & Ethan Series
Sixteen-year-old Sofia Singleton has always lived a quiet, faith-centered life-one shaped by church, family, and comforting routines. Her world feels safe, predictable, and steady. She never expects everything to change in a single moment.
But when she meets Ethan Val at Calvary Baptist Church, something shifts.
Ethan is kind. Steady. Guarded.
And he carries a weight Sofia can sense but doesn't yet understand.
Their friendship grows slowly through youth group nights, Sunday mornings, and honest conversations. In Ethan, Sofia begins to see faith not just as belief-but as courage lived out quietly, day by day. His strength feels reassuring, yet fragile, and in his presence Sofia begins to discover a bravery within herself she never knew existed.
But life doesn't wait for first love.
A sudden family emergency shakes Sofia's sense of security. A heartbreaking loss within her church forces her to face grief for the first time. And when Ethan reveals plans for a future rooted in service and sacrifice, Sofia realizes how deeply fear has woven itself into her heart.
Just as she finds the courage to face that fear, tragedy strikes again-this time cutting close to Ethan's family.
When Ethan's younger sister disappears without warning, panic spreads and trust fractures. Sofia refuses to walk away, even as danger draws closer. Then a chilling message appears on her phone:
You shouldn't have let him walk alone.
In that moment, Sofia understands that their story is only beginning-and the world around them is far more fragile than she ever imagined.
A Quiet Heart, A Fragile World is a moving Christian teen romance about first love tested by fear, faith shaped by hardship, and the quiet strength it takes to stand firm when everything feels uncertain. Blending clean romance, emotional suspense, and authentic faith, this novel launches the Sofia & Ethan Series-a heartfelt journey of growing up, holding on, and learning to trust God when answers don't come easily.
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