Emmalyn Ross never thought a person could feel this alone. Sustaining a marriage with a man who’s not by her side is no easy task, especially since her husband currently resides behind impenetrable prison walls. His actions stole her heart’s desire and gave their relationship a court-mandated five-year time-out. What didn’t fall apart that night fell apart in the intervening years.
Now, on a self-imposed exile to Madeline Island—one of the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior—Emmalyn starts rehabbing an old hunting cottage they’d purchased when life made sense. Restoring it may put a roof over her head, but a home needs more than a roof and walls, just as a marriage needs more than vows and a license. With only a handful of months before her husband is released, Emmalyn must figure out if and how they can ever be a couple again. And his silence isn’t helping.
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Summary
This is the kind of story that begins as a steady drip, builds to a constant trickle and ends as a steady stream; meaningful, beautiful and significant; rushing to a destination known only to its creator. Emmalyn Ross\'s life, as she once knew it, came crashing to an abrupt halt when her husband was incarcerated; four and a half years have gone by and Emma has been forced to sell her home, abandon her prosperous career, and move to a remote island on the shores of Lake Superior where she and her husband own a hunting cottage. While waiting on the necessary renovations, she is befriended by the young owner of a local establishment; The Wild Iris Inn and Cafe. Boozie Unfortunate is unlike anyone that Emmalyn has ever encountered; her discerning heart, sincere faith and profound compassion are a balm to Emmalyn\'s troubled spirit, re-awakening hope that has long been buried underneath pain and regret. Will Emmalyn re-discover the God of restoration? Will she and the husband that she dearly loved, be able to put the pieces of their broken lives back together? Will Max\'s daughter be a stumbling block or a foundation stone for something totally new? Will they both be able to trust that \"you will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by\". Job11:16