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If for Any Reason
Christian fiction
If for Any Reason
Book 1 of the Nantucket Love Story series
408 pages · First published 2020
Emily Ackerman returns to Nantucket after years away, carrying memories of a childhood shaped by her actress mother’s ambitions and by the father she never really knew. She plans to settle family business and leave, but reconnecting with Hollis McGuire and the island community makes departure less simple. Letters and long-hidden truths force Emily to reconsider the story she has told herself about why her family failed. Courtney Walsh’s contemporary romance combines second chances, family secrets, faith, and a seaside setting in a story about discovering that home can be rebuilt even after years of absence.
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Death of a mother and grief; fatal accident in backstory; family secrets and estrangement; career-ending sports injury; romantic content and kissing; emotional distress.
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