The Girl in Her

A Canadian cruise. A hidden past. A pull she cannot explain.Olivia Carr has spent her life behind emotional walls—a mother gone too soon and a father too indifferent to care left her heart cynical and guarded. When the school year ends, she braces for another lonely summer… until her estranged father unexpectedly invites her to his Boston estate.But one disastrous visit shatters her fragile hope of reconciliation. Fleeing his cold mansion, Olivia reluctantly joins her fellow teachers on a cruise through maritime Canada—only to find herself drawn toward Nova Scotia, and especially to the remote lighthouse at Pawleys Cove. Why does it feel like part of her past is waiting there?Clark Rafferty, a fellow teacher grounded by his Christian faith, has fought to keep a polite distance from Olivia—and from the growing attraction he knows could complicate both their lives. But when she steps aboard the ship and becomes entangled with a charming passenger Clark instinctively distrusts, his resolve begins to crumble.As the cruise carries them closer to Nova Scotia, memories awaken, danger circles, and romance stirs in the unlikeliest places--while below the beam of the Pawleys Cove lighthouse, an old man prays for the little girl he remembers. What awaits Olivia on the rocky shores of Nova Scotia—truth, heartbreak, or a love she never expected?