In Search of Eden (The Second Chances Collection Book #2)

More Heart-Gripping Fiction From Bestselling Author Linda Nichols

A girl who has never been able to settle down, Miranda begins various adventures, but whenever reality begins to tarnish her dreams, she gives up. As she approaches her twenty-seventh birthday, she determines to reinvent her life. But there's one loose end to tie down first...

Joseph Williams, the chief of police in Abingdon, Virginia, always tries to do what is right, to perform his duty and protect those he loves. He becomes suspicious of the new woman in town, and after checking further, he discovers she has no history. Then he finds a baby picture of his niece in her possession...

In Search of Eden is a story about law and grace, about forgiveness and redemption, about finding joy and rest in a broken world.

From the Back Cover

A FRACTURED HEART...
A HOPE RENEWED...

Today is your birthday...I want you to know that you are in my heart, as you always have been. I pray for you every day. I pray I did the right thing...

Thus wrote Miranda DeSpain on the anniversary of the day that changed her life forever, the day her heart was torn in peaces. Ever since that wrenching event, she's been unable to settle down, embrace life. She finds herself starting one adventure after another, trying to forget. But she never can. As she approaches her twenty-seventh birthday, she determines once again to reinvent her circumstances, to start anew. But there's one loose end to tie up first...

Joseph Williams, police lieutenant in Abingdon, Virginia, has always tried to do what is right, to perform his duty and protect those he loves. He is suspicious of the new woman in town and, checking further, discovers she is a person with seemingly no history. Then he finds a baby picture of his niece in her possession...

THE STORY OF LAW AND GRACE, OF FORGIVENESS AND REDEMPTION, OF FINDING JOY AND REST IN A BROKEN WORLD