To finally move forward, Rae must confront them and also fight for Quinn, whose parents have other plans in mind for their son. But its depths-and all its revelations and secrets-have yet to come to light. Now Quinn has found a temporary home with the Langdons-and an unexpected kinship, because Rae, Quinn, and Connor share a past and understand one another’s pain.

Quinn has been thrown out by his parents, a couple too troubled to help steer the misunderstood boy through his own losses. As memories sweep through her, some too precious to bear, Rae gives shelter from a brutal winter to a teenager named Quinn Galecki. With her father, Connor, she tends to their Ohio farm, a forty-acre spread that itself has enjoyed better days. “Nolfi has a gift for drawing out her character’s secrets slowly, and crafts interesting depictions that feel real, complicated, flawed, and compelling.A gripping, openhearted novel about family, reconciliation, and bringing closure to the secrets of the past.Įarly into the tempestuous decade of her thirties, Rae Langdon struggles to work through a grief she never anticipated. ' Tautly plotted, expertly characterized, and genuinely riveting, Nolfi’s emotional tour de force will capture readers’ hearts.'

With forgiveness, love, and the spring thaw, there might be hope for a new season―a second chance Rae believed in her heart was gone forever. But its depths―and all its revelations and secrets―have yet to come to light. Look for Christine’s 2022 release, A Brighter Flame. Early into the tempestuous decade of her. Christine Nolfi is the award-winning and bestselling author of fifteen novels, including The Passing Storm, cited by Publishers Weekly as Tautly plotted, expertly characterized, and genuinely riveting and gold medal winner in general fiction, International Book Awards. Now Quinn has found a temporary home with the Langdons―and an unexpected kinship, because Rae, Quinn, and Connor share a past and understand one another’s pain. A gripping, openhearted novel about family, reconciliation, and bringing closure to the secrets of the past.

A gripping, openhearted novel about family, reconciliation, and bringing closure to the secrets of the past.Įarly into the tempestuous decade of her thirties, Rae Langdon struggles to work through a grief she never anticipated.

The passing storm novel