Dusk Before Dawn

Lorcia never imagined she'd have a second chance at happiness.

After escaping an abusive marriage, she has built a quiet life in the seaside village of **Yzerfontein** with her infant daughter, Hope. Motherhood has become her greatest purpose, and every decision she makes begins and ends with the little girl who gave her the courage to survive.

Then there is Duncan.

Patient, steadfast, and carrying wounds of his own, he has become the safe place Lorcia never believed existed. When he surprises her with the rebuilt beach house she thought she'd lost forever, it feels as though the future is finally within reach. But when he asks her to marry him, the ghosts of her past prove far harder to leave behind than either of them expected.

As love is tested by fear, pride, and the fragile process of learning to trust again, Lorcia and Duncan begin to discover that the strongest foundations are built one choice at a time. But just when their future finally seems within reach, the darkness they thought they had escaped returns one last time-forcing them to fight not only for their love, but for the family they've built together.

**Dusk Before Dawn** is an emotional contemporary romance about healing after trauma, first love after heartbreak, motherhood, forgiveness, and discovering that home isn't a place-it's the people who choose to stay.