When the Light Finds You
Book One of The Inheritance of Grace Series
Daniel Mercer has spent years building a life far enough from Haven Ridge that he can almost pretend the past belongs to someone else.
At forty-two, Danny understands broken things. He knows how to repair pipes, replace damaged parts, and find what stopped working. His own life has proven more complicated. Addiction, incarceration, a fractured marriage, strained relationships with his children, and years of regret have left him trying to become a man his past insists he can never be.
Then his grandfather dies.
Walter Mercer was the man who helped raise Danny-and the man Danny hasn't spoken to in six years. Returning home for the funeral is difficult enough. But Walter has left something specifically for him: a wooden box containing photographs, documents, his grandmother's Bible, and a sealed letter bearing Danny's name.
With it comes a message:
Tell the boy it's time.
What follows forces Danny to confront more than grief. Old relationships resurface. Family memories begin to look different. Questions about his parents and grandparents refuse to stay buried. And the people Danny thought he understood-including Walter-become more complicated with every truth he uncovers.
As Danny wrestles with recovery, fatherhood, forgiveness, faith, and the possibility of repairing relationships he once believed were beyond saving, he begins to discover that going home is not the same as going backward.
When the Light Finds You is a faith-based novel about generational wounds, addiction and recovery, family, redemption, and second chances. It is a story for anyone who has ever wondered whether the worst chapters of a life have already determined its ending.
Because some things cannot be repaired by pretending they were never broken.
Some wounds must finally be faced.
And sometimes, after years spent searching for a way out of the darkness, you discover that grace has been searching for you.
When the Light Finds You is Book One of The Inheritance of Grace Series.
