The List He Left Behind

Some Journey's Start at the End

When love means keeping the ultimate secret, how far would you go to protect someone's heart?

Maya Lin thought she was just helping a friend until Evan Sterling asked her to carry a secret that would change everything. Now, two years later, she's standing at his funeral watching his twin brother Ethan judge her yellow scarf and everything else about her life.

Ethan Sterling has always been the responsible twin. While Evan lived recklessly, Ethan calculated risks and made sensible choices. So when Evan's will forces him to complete a bucket list with Maya (the woman he blames for his brother's wasted life), Ethan is certain it's just another one of Evan's irresponsible schemes.

But as they travel together, crossing off items like "sing karaoke at a dive bar" and "jump off a cliff," something unexpected happens. The uptight risk analyst and the free-spirited artist begin to fall for each other, discovering that opposites don't just attract; they can heal each other's deepest wounds.

Yet Maya carries a devastating secret about Evan's final years, a truth so crushing she promised never to reveal it. As her feelings for Ethan deepen, keeping that promise becomes impossible, but breaking it could destroy the man she's learning to love.

Some lists are meant to be completed. Some secrets are meant to be kept. But what happens when you can't do both?

From author Randy Miller comes another tale of love, loss, and the impossible choices we make for the people who matter most. This book is the latest addition to Miller's Home For the Heart Series.

Content note: This book deals with themes of terminal illness and end-of-life care.