Misty Fjords of the Heart

Can a farewell journey open the heart to love again?

Maria Bennett has come to Alaska to take the cruise she and her late husband, Jeff, always planned. She needs distance from the condolences, advice, and quiet rooms that make his absence impossible to ignore. She does not expect the misty cliffs of Misty Fjords to bring back someone else she thought she had left in the past.

On a shore excursion, Maria meets Daniel, an old flame who recognizes her after more than thirty years. He is in Alaska fishing and exploring; she is only passing through. When he invites her to lunch and a walk to the waterfalls, their easy conversation awakens memories—and feelings Maria is not sure she is ready to face.

She loved Jeff deeply. Can the heart make room for a new possibility without diminishing the love that came before? And is Daniel free to begin again, too?

Set against Alaska’s rain-darkened mountains and cascading falls, Misty Fjords of the Heart is an intimate contemporary romance about grief, memory, and the courage to choose what comes next. As Maria and Daniel discover what time has changed and what it has not, a farewell journey becomes an unexpected chance to imagine a different future.