Threads of Grace

Christian Contemporary Romance (Laurel Ridge Series Book 18)

Some loves are pieced together one stitch at a time.

When a January storm sends her new landlord to her door because of a roof leak, quilt shop owner Melanie Harper has no idea that this quiet, guarded doctor will unravel every careful protection she has spent years stitching around her heart.

Dr. Zane Fitch returned to Laurel Ridge, West Virginia, to say goodbye to his dying father. Six months later, he is still here—running the medical practice, doing his best to manage his father’s properties, and wondering whether staying is a choice or simply the path of least resistance. He has already failed at love once. He knows better than to risk his heart again.

But Melanie makes him want to risk everything.

As the renovation of her building throws them together and the small-town rhythm of church suppers, snowy walks, and conversations at Martha's Diner draws them closer, Zane finds himself falling for a woman who makes Laurel Ridge feel like home.

Melanie has learned that the safest heart is a guarded one. Yet Zane keeps appearing at the edges of her carefully constructed life, steady and sincere.

In the mountain-framed streets of Laurel Ridge, where neighbors become family and second chances are as abundant as the quilts that warm every home, two wounded hearts will learn that the strongest bonds are not found but made—stitched together through patience, faith, and the daily courage to choose each other again and again.

Tropes readers will love:

This heartwarming novel features a landlord-tenant romance with delicious forced proximity as a building renovation keeps throwing them together. Fans of the "he falls first" dynamic will swoon as Zane pursues Melanie with quiet determination, while readers who love wounded hearts finding healing will connect deeply with both characters' journeys. The slow-burn romance builds through small-town community involvement, with a found family of neighbors, church members, and friends who witness and support the love story unfolding in their midst.

Readers who love inspirational romances will find a new favorite in Laurel Ridge. If you enjoy small-town warmth and community-centered storytelling or heartfelt emotional depth, this novel was written with you in mind.

The Reader Promise:

"Threads of Grace" promises a completely clean romance with no explicit content—just the pure, heartwarming journey of two people learning to trust and love again. You will escape into a cozy Appalachian town, meet characters who feel like friends by the final chapter, and experience a faith-filled story that celebrates forgiveness, community, and the healing power of choosing love over fear. By the last page, your heart will be full, and you will be eager to return to Laurel Ridge for the next story.

This is the eighteenth novel in the beloved Laurel Ridge series, but it can be read and enjoyed as a complete standalone.