The Gift of Mending: a Thanksgiving Story of Restored Hearts, Renewed Faith, and Second-chance Love

When a tattered angel costume brings two broken hearts together, can faith stitch them into something whole?Emma Hart has built a careful life in Maple Grove—one that keeps her safe from the prayers God never answered and the dreams that died years ago. Her fabric restoration business asks nothing of her heart, which is exactly how she needs it. Until a widowed carpenter walks through her door carrying his daughter’s ruined angel costume and a grief that mirrors her own.Luke Morrison hasn’t felt whole since losing his wife three years ago. He’s going through the motions for his six-year-old daughter Sophia, but inside he’s as torn as the costume he’s desperate to repair—the last tangible piece of his wife’s love. When the reserved seamstress agrees to attempt the impossible restoration, Luke doesn’t expect her gentle wisdom to begin mending more than fabric.As Emma painstakingly repairs each damaged seam, something unexpected happens: her carefully guarded heart begins to open. In Luke’s woodshop and around Sophia’s laughter, Emma rediscovers what she thought was lost forever—hope, belonging, and the courage to trust God with her tattered dreams.But can two people who’ve lost everything risk their hearts again? And what happens when loving someone means honoring the ghost of Christmas past while building a future neither dared to imagine?Perfect for readers who love clean, emotionally rich romance where faith isn’t easy answers but a journey through grief toward healing, The Gift of Mending reminds us that God specializes in restoration—of fabric, of hearts, and of the dreams we thought were beyond repair.A heartwarming Christmas story about second chances, found family, and trusting God to mend what seems irreparably broken.