Beyond the Borderlands
St. Ninian's Sanctuary Book Three
Everyone said he was grieving wrong…
After thirty-year-old Sage loses his wife, people accuse him of grieving wrong. They don’t know how hard he’s trying to hide the nightmare his marriage had become. His teen sister-in-law Paisley, now his ward, understands least of all. She’s angry, rude, and lonely, and Sage can’t reach her. Well-meaning family sends them to St. Ninian’s Sanctuary to heal, but they have little hope a vacation will fix anything.
Violet and Heath live and work on the island, and each doubts their future here. Violet is lonely and thinks she isn’t good with people. Heath is a new graduate who wants to stay but hasn’t been invited. When they befriend Sage and Paisley and begin to dig into the pain and secrets surrounding the pair, four lives start to change.
Unfortunately, not one of them sees past their own heartache. It isn’t until someone goes missing that they begin to focus through the eyes of the others, only by that point it might be too late to fix anything.
Beyond the Borderlands is book three of the St. Ninian’s Sanctuary series, small-town Christian romance with a mysterious island twist.
Jill's Notes
- I had to do a lot of research into search and rescue for this series.
- The mystery arc in the first four books is answered here, although the consequences don’t hit until the next book.
- I enjoyed exploring growing up on St. Ninian’s. What’s it like to live so far away from the regular world? This theme comes up over and over as we meet more families in future books.
- This book includes a brother/sister twin set, whom we will see again. I’m not a twin or a triplet, but I like writing about them. (See Terry’s Garden or The Swamp Books for my triplet stage).
- I am fascinated with miniatures. We used to visit a Christmas display of miniature trains and scenes in bottles, which helped me think through Violet’s memento. I envy the skill and patience.
- This book is in Kindle Unlimited.
