The Road Home

Hiding from her tainted past. Will unraveling a long-buried deception let the truth set her free?

Wisconsin, present day. Audra March’s adult life is haunted by a teenage misstep. Taking an assumed name and enjoying simple things, the thirty-something comes upon a vintage recipe box while thrift shopping and hunts down the owner’s daughter. So when a longtime adversary threatens her with blackmail, she jumps at the invitation to escape to the dead lady’s estate and avoid an old enemy.

Kentucky, 1940’s. Ida Bealle Horne aches for a baby. Deeply in love with her preacher husband, she despairs that God will never grace her Appalachian home with the laughter of a child. So when a knock at the door comes one stormy night, she thanks the Almighty when a granny shoves a newborn into her arms.

Stumbling across a collection of letters, Audra unearths a secret its owner took to the grave and embarks on a path of surprising consequences. And though Ida Bealle can’t bear to admit to her now-grown daughter they don’t share blood, she feels the burden of the lie crushing her soul.

Can Audra’s journey bring fulfillment to another and gift her a second chance?

The Road Home is the emotional first book in a Christian women’s fiction series. If you like conflicted heroines, tales of redemption, and dual-timeline stories, then you’ll adore Malissa Chapin’s generation-spanning saga.