Sometimes hope blooms in the most unexpected places. Rock-bottom has a name for Rebecca Chastain, and it's Dahlia, South Carolina. Once a celebrated big-city journalist with a promising future, Rebecca now finds herself shattered-jobless, abandoned by her fiancé, and haunted by her own desperate attempt to escape it all. The small-town newspaper job in her grandmother's hometown isn't just a step down. It's a humiliating reminder of everything she's tried to outrun. If not for reconnecting with her childhood friend, Josh, she'd already be gone. Then there's Devon-an eleven-year-old boy with eyes too old for his years, caring for his ailing grandmother while hiding stories he's terrified to share. When Rebecca's reporting brings their lives together, something unexpected begins to take root in the barren soil of her heart. But Devon's dangerous uncle is closing in, Rebecca's wounds run deeper than anyone knows, and time is running out. As shadows lengthen over Dahlia, Rebecca must decide if she'll retreat to safety or stand her ground for a boy who's fighting his own battles-and perhaps find healing for herself in what she once called the last place on earth she'd ever return to. Some gardens only bloom after the harshest storms. Book One in the Dahlia series, where grace meets grit in a small Southern town where faith is tested, hearts are mended, and hope refuses to stay buried. "A stunning tale of new life and hope. Jessica Brodie is a masterful storyweaver."