Always By My Side (New Hope Falls #9)

Josie Thompson was ten when her sister went missing and her mother's battle with mental illness intensified. Though her family is now fractured, Josie has managed to get a degree and a job as a homecare nurse for a wealthy retired businessman. After a year working with the elderly philanthropist, her role has expanded to include caring for his home as well. It is a life that brings her peace and contentment.

After being injured in an attack on his squad while deployed, he's come back to the one place that he'd always loved.

Kenneth Charles Hawkins III, AKA Hawk, has found himself medically discharged from the military when injuries sustained in an attack leave him unable to continue his job as a sniper with the Army. He heads to his grandfather's home near New Hope Falls to recover.

Josie finds joy and purpose in caring for others, so she happily takes on the care of her employer's injured grandson. As she gets to know him, a friendship is forged between them, despite the decade plus difference in their ages. She finds herself falling for him but keeps her feelings close to her heart with no intention of revealing them. Having endured repeated rejection by the one person who should have loved her, Josie trusts only in her father's unconditional love for her.

Hawk wouldn't have thought he'd have much in common with a woman so much younger than him, but he finds that he enjoys the time they spend together. Her calm demeanor often soothes his somewhat volatile emotions as he deals with the pain from his injuries.

As he recovers, Hawk realizes he needs to make a decision on whether he wants to return to his past or embrace his future in New Hope Falls, possibly with Josie. But even if he chooses Josie, will she choose him? Will she be willing to trust him when she's been failed by those who should have loved her?

Always By My Side is book 9 of the Christian romance series, New Hope Falls.

If you haven’t read book 1 yet, be sure to check it out: A Love So Real (ASIN: B07T58NPDR).

Welcome to the fictional town of New Hope Falls!

A sanctuary for those needing refuge.

A beacon for those who are lost.

A place for the hurting to call home.

Come for a visit and fall in love with New Hope Falls and its residents, both old and new.

Books in the New Hope Falls series:

• A Love so Real
• Because of Him
• The Color of Love
• A Heart Renewed
• Once Upon a Silent Night
• When I'm With You
• Healing Hearts
• The Harmony of Love
• Somewhere Along the Way
• Always By My Side

If you enjoy heartwarming Christian romance with a focus on love, faith, and family, be sure to check out these other series and books by Kimberly Rae Jordan:

• The Callaghans & McFaddens
• Fostered by Love
• BlackThorpe Security
• The McKinleys
• Home to Collingsworth
• Those Karlsson Boys

Other Christian romance books by Kimberly Rae Jordan:

• Faith, Hope & Love
• Marrying Kate