In October, 2026, I will publish my first Sunset novel in over a decade. I am really excited about this. Here is the description:
Some goodbyes are not the end of love. They are where love learns to breathe differently.
Frank Abbott has always been the husband, father, and friend others could depend on. But when ALS begins taking away his strength, his independence, and eventually the ease of every breath, Frank and his wife, Marlene, must learn a different way to live.
As their adult children return home carrying fears of their own, old tensions rise alongside new questions: How do you help someone you love without taking away the choices that remain? How do you remain present when nothing can make the situation better? And how do you say goodbye to a life you are not ready to release?
Chaplain Jake and the hospice team cannot change what is coming. They can only help the Abbotts face it together with honesty, humor, tenderness, and room for grace.
Through it all, Frank holds tightly to the memory of a cold Montana morning when one deep breath felt like a glimpse of heaven, and to the hope that his first breath there will be even better.
Set in Sunset, Texas, Heaven’s First Breath is an emotionally honest and ultimately hopeful novel about marriage, family, faith, hospice, and the courage to remain present when love can no longer fix what hurts.
Although connected to the Sunset series, Heaven’s First Breath can be read as a complete standalone story.
