The Man Who Lived On The Water

Some people leave because they stop loving you. Others leave because they love you and don't know how to stay.

When Daniel walks away from his wife and eight-year-old daughter, he believes leaving will protect them from the chaos of his bipolar disorder. But four years away can't erase the pain his absence leaves behind.

Now Lily is twelve-older, quieter, and struggling with wounds she doesn't know how to explain. Daniel returns determined to rebuild the relationship he lost, but earning back his daughter's trust means facing everything he tried to escape.

Then there is Mara-the woman who loved Daniel after he left. She knows the man he became on the boat, the man who learned to manage his illness and allowed himself to love again.

And Claire, his wife, is still there-the woman who knows the man he was before everything fell apart.

Caught between the family he left behind and the life he built afterward, Daniel must confront a choice that will hurt someone no matter what he decides.

A summer on the water gives Daniel and Lily a chance to heal, laugh, and become father and daughter again.

But forgiveness doesn't erase the past.

And when Daniel finally knows who he wants, he must face the hardest part of choosing:

accepting who he may have to lose.