Coming Home for Fall (Book 1 Ferndale Secrets)

I didn’t realize empty nesting would feel so… empty.66-year-old Callie Ward sits alone in her big Victorian house. Not long ago she could hardly hear herself think. Now, with her children grown and husband often away, the chaos is gone—and the quiet feels too big for one person.So when her local charity asks if she can sponsor a young mother in need, she quickly agrees.Soon the house is alive again with laughter and baby giggles. But just as Callie grows close to Sasha and baby Dot, her youngest daughter Mallory shows up unannounced: jobless, heartbroken, and convinced the new houseguest is hiding something.Sasha pushes back by asking questions that could expose a secret Callie and her husband have been hiding for twenty years…Now, with the whole family coming home for Thanksgiving, one wrong conversation could unravel everything.This is Book 1 of 6 in the Ferndale Secrets series. A warm and hopeful story of second chances and the complicated ties that hold families together.