Healed by Love

Melissa Foster

Book 1 of The Bradens at Peaceful Harbor, MD

Nate Braden has secretly loved Jewel, the younger sister of his late best friend Rick, for years, but guilt over Rick's death in combat and a promise to look after his family keep him from acting on his feelings. When Nate returns to Peaceful Harbor and reconnects with Jewel, now grown and dealing with her own grief-driven fears, the two must work through loss, guilt, and old wounds before they can build a future together. It's a small-town contemporary romance that blends emotional family drama with a slow-building love story.