Where Broken Hearts Come to Heal
Discover Welcome to Redemption, Alaska, a heartwarming five-book romance series from Sunrise Publishing, releasing in 2026. Set in the rugged fictional community of Redemption, Alaska, this series is perfect for readers who love small-town romance, inspirational themes, and second chances. Each story blends heartfelt emotion with the charm of a close-knit community—where family, faith, and hope guide every happily-ever-after.
Book One: The Other Side of Goodbye | Available Now
When widow Tisha Binford arrives in Redemption, Alaska with her seven-year-old daughter Sadie, she’s carrying more than just their belongings—she’s carrying the weight of her late husband’s memory and the hope of giving Sadie a connection to the father she barely knew. Working at her in-laws’ café and perfecting her pie recipes, Tisha believes she’s building a quiet, safe life in this small coastal town.
But Redemption has other plans.
Ethan McGuire, a recently retired Coast Guard pilot, has returned home with his own heavy burden—raising his eight-year-old son Brody alone after losing his wife to cancer. Determined to be the father Brody needs, Ethan thinks he has his future mapped out: help with the family resort, support his struggling son, and keep his heart carefully guarded.
When a school conflict brings their children together as unlikely friends, Tisha and Ethan find themselves drawn into each other’s orbits. But moving forward means confronting painful questions: Can you honor the past while embracing the future? How do you teach children to love again when your own heart is still learning?
As Redemption faces an unexpected natural disaster, both families must discover that sometimes the other side of goodbye isn’t an ending—it’s the beginning of something beautiful, messy, and worth fighting for.
A heartwarming story about second chances, blended families, and the courage to love again, set against the stunning backdrop of small-town Alaska.
This inspirational romance novel is perfect for readers who enjoy:
- kisses-only romance
- small-town Alaskan setting
- complex family dynamics
- characters facing real challenges
- stories offering hope and healing
Book Two: The Long Way Back to You | Available Now
Emma Carlisle built the perfect life in Boston—successful career, surgeon fiancé, everything mapped out. But when unpaid property taxes force her back to Redemption, Alaska, she has one goal: sell the family house, settle the debt, and escape before the past can destroy her again.
She didn’t count on Luke McGuire.
Luke never stopped loving the woman who vanished without explanation fifteen years ago. Now he’s desperately fighting to save his family’s failing resort while watching Emma prepare to disappear again. The stakes couldn’t be higher—his family’s legacy hangs in the balance, and losing Emma a second time will destroy him.
But Redemption holds devastating secrets about Emma’s criminal father and the family shame that drove her away. When shocking revelations about her past surface and her perfect Boston life begins to crumble, Emma faces an impossible choice: return to the safe life that’s slowly killing her spirit, or risk everything for the messy truth of where her heart belongs.
With Luke’s unwavering love and her own buried dreams calling her home, Emma must decide if she has the courage to embrace the life she was always meant to live.
A story about second chances, buried secrets, and the courage to come home.
This second-chance sweet romance is perfect for readers who enjoy:
- Rugged, small-town Alaskan setting
- Family secrets and hidden pasts
- Strong heroines choosing authenticity over security
- Emotional stories about finding where you belong
Book Three: The Last Mile Between Us | Available Now
Caroline McGuire returns to Redemption, Alaska to prove herself as the town’s new physician assistant. Haunted by a teenage mistake, she’s determined to rebuild her reputation and keep her heart safely guarded.
Then Jude Mercer shows up injured at her family’s resort.
Six months ago in Colorado, they shared an incredible night—and a kiss that made Caroline believe in possibilities. Then he ghosted her without explanation. Now the suspended biathlete needs her medical expertise, and Caroline must treat the man who already broke her trust once.
Jude came to Redemption to rehabilitate his scandal-wrecked career and avoid emotional complications. But facing Caroline again forces him to confront his pattern of running when things get real. This time, the stakes are higher—her professional reputation hangs in the balance, and his athletic future is slipping away.
When a medical crisis threatens everything they’ve both worked for, Caroline and Jude must decide: Is protecting yourself worth losing the person who could heal all your wounds?
A story about second chances, professional redemption, and finding the courage to trust again.
This Christian romance book is perfect for readers who enjoy:
- Second-chance romance with emotional depth
- Medical drama and small-town Alaska
- Heroes and heroines overcoming past mistakes
- High-stakes romance
- Stories about forgiveness and professional redemption
Book Four: The Echo of Her Heart | Releasing June 23, 2026
He made her mix CDs. Drove her home in the dark. Idled at the curb through an entire Alaska winter just so she’d have a ride after practice.
She called him her best friend. Then she left.
Scottie Sheridan has spent seven years proving she doesn’t need Redemption — or anyone in it. She films reality survival shows in the Alaskan wilderness, runs camera on heaving fishing boats in driving rain, chases the perfect shot in every dangerous place her boss can find. The job is her whole life. The adrenaline fills the gaps.
It’s also going to get her killed. And Tate McGuire knows it.
When a last-minute assignment pulls Scottie back to Redemption — back to her ailing father, her complicated stepsister, and the man she never let herself really see — Tate is done pretending he’s fine with “just friends.” He’s watched her take every risk but the one that matters. He’s prayed over every dangerous gig she’s taken. And now she’s here, filming on the same wild waters he pilots for a living, and every instinct he has is screaming.
When a violent collision on Prince William Sound puts Scottie in the water and Tate in after her, fifteen years of silence finally breaks the surface.
She left because staying hurt too much. He stayed because leaving was never an option.
For fans of Susan May Warren and Irene Hannon — a slow-burn friends-to-lovers Christian romance with heart, danger, and an ending worth every page.
Book Five: The Hidden Light of Her | Releasing Spring of 2027
Megan McGuire has spent eleven years running from one reckless night — and the lie she told to survive it. Now, with her daughter Isabella begging to escape a painful life in Seattle, Megan returns to Redemption, Alaska, determined to prove she’s more than the family screwup everyone remembers. No more bad decisions. No more men calling the shots. Just a fresh start, a coffee counter, and the daughter she’s desperate to deserve. Then Trevor Kelly walks out of the wilderness.
The local pilot everyone mourned as dead has been found alive — broken, scarred, and carrying no memory of his former life. Not the town that grieved him. Not the night he and Megan shared. And certainly not the eleven-year-old girl who has his eyes, his stubborn jaw, and no idea he exists.
As Trevor pieces together a past he can’t remember and Megan builds a future she’s terrified to trust, the Christ-centered community of Redemption closes in with equal parts gossip and grace. A missing-artwork investigation puts Trevor under suspicion. An observant grandmother sees what everyone else has missed. And Isabella — sharp, wounded, and watching everything — is asking questions Megan can’t dodge forever.
When the truth finally detonates, Megan faces the one thing more frightening than her secret: surrendering every outcome to a God whose redemption might be big enough for a lost pilot, a hurting child . . . and even her.
In Redemption, Alaska, everyone deserves a second chance — even the people who’ve stopped believing it.
Fall in Love in Redemption, Alaska
If you’re looking for small-town, clean romance filled with hope, friendship, and second chances, the Welcome to Redemption, Alaska book series will sweep you away. Start reading this series today and experience these heartfelt uplifting stories from Heidi McCahan and Sunrise Publishing.
A Quick Reminder About the Prequel Novella
The Light We Almost Lost is a prequel novella written to introduce romance readers to the Welcome to Redemption, Alaska series. This story is perfect for fans of an enemies-to-lovers, faith-filled romance about grace and second chances.
She called him “Bible-banger Binford.” He called her cruel. Five years later, the last thing she expects is for his seaplane to land on her lake. Or for him to claim her sanctuary belongs to him.
Tisha McDowell has spent five years trying to forget Chase Binford and the cruel way she mocked his faith in college. She fled to Alaska, found God, and finally made peace with herself in a borrowed lakeside cabin—until he shows up with legal papers and a family claim to her home.
Her old college nemesis. The steadfast believer she tormented with vicious nicknames and public humiliation. He’s devastatingly handsome now, frustratingly noble, and wants the same lakeside cabin that’s become her only sanctuary.
When their enemies-to-lovers chemistry ignites, Chase discovers she’s no longer the sharp-tongued beauty queen who mocked his faith. She’s become the woman of strength and belief he always knew she could be. But his wounded heart won’t let him trust what he sees—and then a family crises back home threaten to tear her away from Alaska forever.
Now Chase must choose between the cabin he’s loved since childhood and the woman he’s falling. And Tisha faces an impossible decision: fight for the home that saved her, or sacrifice everything for the family that needs her—including her last chance at love with the man whose heart she once broke.
A breathtaking Alaskan romance about second chances, wounded hearts, and discovering that home isn’t a place—it’s where you’re brave enough to belong.
Perfect for readers who love Debbie Macomber, Rachel Hauck, Rachel Hanna and Becky Wade.
This novella won’t be free forever, so grab your copy now and start your journey to Redemption.
