On the Sandy Beach (Raspberry Ridge Sweet Beach Romance Book 1)

After tragedy tears their world apart, Vera and Dominic Miller go from the power couple of garden design to strangers trapped in a marriage only God can fix—but neither of them knows how to reach Him from where they stand.Eighteen months after losing their son, Vera is barely holding herself together. The man who once understood her better than anyone now feels impossibly far away, and Dominic’s silence feels less like grief than abandonment she cannot forgive.Then betrayal cuts deeper.Because while Vera has been trying to survive one day at a time, Dominic has been secretly working with the competitor who threatens everything they built together.Some wounds refuse to heal. When Vera proposes one last project—a memorial garden for their son—Dominic sees a final chance to show her that his love never disappeared.To Vera, the garden is something else entirely: a beautiful place to honor the child they lost.She is not trying to rebuild their marriage.She is trying to bury it with something beautiful.Working side by side for the first time since their loss, every shared memory, every difficult conversation, and every step toward the garden forces them closer to the grief they have tried to outrun.Because love has not disappeared.It is buried beneath guilt, silence, betrayal, and everything they could not save.Faith may be the only thing strong enough to keep Vera and Dominic from falling apart forever. But faith requires surrender, and neither of them knows how to release the pain they have carried for so long.Can a memorial to the life they lost become the place where forgiveness begins—and where two wounded hearts discover that God has not finished with their story?On the Sandy Beach is an emotional Christian marriage-restoration romance about devastating loss, hard-won forgiveness, and the hope of finding your way home to love.Reviews for On the Sandy Beach:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This is a most beautiful story of dealing emotionally with the unexpected death of a child, its impact on their marriage relationship, the relentless pursuit of a greedy woman, and then….believing Jesus, repentance, forgiveness, and restoration! Well done, Jessie Gussman!" - LKR⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This book will make you feel all the emotions." - Mom of 8⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This book kept me reading almost constantly!! The words flowed so smoothly. Jessie did it again! I love her books and emails." - Cotton Top⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I finished this book at 4:00 this morning. Jessie does a great job bringing the thoughts and emotions out." - Amazon Customer⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "The story reminded me to try to focus more on Jesus than I do. I loved the story line and the fact that Jesus was working all the time." - Kindle CustomerBooks in the Raspberry Ridge Series:On the Sandy BeachUnder the Rising MoonDown the Dirt RoadAround the Next BendInto the Golden DawnBeyond the Setting SunBeside the Rolling WavesBelow the Far HorizonOver the Verdant HillsBetween the Shady GrovesThrough the Dark Night Read more