NEW NOVEL COMING SOON
NEVER GONE
Denise Janette Bruneau
25-year-old Ellie Beaufort moves home to Guntersville, Alabama to live with her father. She has just graduated from college and will be teaching high school biology at her old high school. Her father has been her only parent, since her mother died giving birth to her.
She has mixed feelings when she finds out her high school sweetheart and ex-boyfriend of several years, Tucker Jackson, is moving back to town to teach and coach football at her school. They broke up when he took a football scholarship across the country. Now, he has declined the NFL draft to come home and take care of his ailing parents.
Ellie’s father suddenly passes away after she returns, and she makes some discoveries that lead her to believe that her mother is alive. By chance, Tucker receives her deceased father’s cell phone number when he goes to get a new local number upon his arrival to town.
Ellie still texts her father out of grief and pours her heart out to him. Tucker is receiving these messages and is afraid to let her know because he doesn’t want to be intrusive, and because he knows she is still angry with him for letting their relationship go. Yet, he uses this knowledge to get close to her again.
Ellie has trouble trusting her heart to Tucker but slowly opens up to him, because she craves family and connection, and he is proving to be trustworthy this time around. What will happen if Ellie finds out about Tucker’s betrayal? Is there more to her mother’s story? This is a tale that will pull on your heart strings. If you believe in forgiveness, second chances, and selfless love to bring all things together for the good, then this story is for you.
