The River's Gift

Vivian had no plan but to escape when she and her daughter Lillian climbed onto a raft in the dark and pushed away from everything they had ever known. With a ruthless guardian threatening Lillian's future and no good options left, the river was their only way out.

They didn't expect to lose their oars. They didn't expect to land at the feet of a quiet, steady fisherman named Gordon who, with his grown sons, offered them a place of refuge,

When a solicitor uncovers the one legal solution that could protect Lillian permanently, Gordon doesn't hesitate. Vivian accepts his offer for a marriage of convenience. Nothing more. 

Gordon took her to the ocean. Vivian learned to sort fish.  Both having lost their loves, neither expected that their hearts would open to a new love. 

The River's Gift is a sweet, slow-burn romance about second chances, found family, and the life that finds you when you stop running.