Her Hopeful Heart: a small-town Advent romance with tropes of age gap and best friend’s (younger) brother

When Wendy Clarke’s old college friend invites her to help launch activities and events at her new inn in Montana, she drops everything to go. Or maybe it’s to lick her wounds after her cheating husband divorced her, and the six kids Wendy has poured her life into seem to have chosen their dad’s side. But when her childhood friend’s brother, who used to be their little shadow, shows up at Maranatha Inn, Wendy discovers she still longs to be loved.

Roman Scala has fond memories of tagging along behind his sister and her friend. With nine years between them, he was never their peer. Now in his mid-40s, having sold his share of his dad’s import business, he joins his sister and her friends in Montana, where he’ll launch a YouTube travel channel.

He’d given up hope of finding love. She’d never dared to hope again. But maybe hope finds them this advent season.

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This title is expected to release in December, 2025.

About Christmas at Maranatha Inn Christian Romance
Welcome to Maranatha Inn, where six old college friends reconnect to highlight Advent traditions in Jewel Lake, Montana. They might all be single (again) after all these years, but romance isn’t on their Christmas lists, which are full of hosting holiday parties, bonfires, Christmas trees, sleigh rides, and more! Still, romance may just find them, anyway.

This series by a 2x USA Today bestselling author explores the themes of gratitude, hope, love, joy, peace, and the Gift of Christmas in a collection featuring seasoned characters in their fifties.

0. Her Waiting Heart
1. Her Thankful Heart
2. Her Hopeful Heart
3. Her Loving Heart
4. Her Joyous Heart
5. Her Peaceful Heart
6. Her Giving Heart