Patti Diener

After the Fire Patti Diener

Two grieving people, a tragic fire, and one small community that won't be defeated.
After losing his fiancé in a car accident, embittered contractor, Gabriel Hart, is sent to Lake County to aid in the clean-up effort after the Valley Fire burned more than one thousand homes. Local girl Sarah McKinney, struggled with a failing marriage when she was suddenly widowed with the loss of her young husband. Neither was looking for love but for Gabe and Sarah, it's attraction at first sight. Only the opportunity to meet passes them by.
Second chances are fortuitous when Gabriel is working to clean the home site of a fire victim and sees Sarah again. With each having experienced unimaginable loss, the two form a bond that soon ignites into passion. But will haunting pasts, long distances, and a secret Sarah keeps stand between their true love?
In this story of catastrophic loss, community support, and renewed hope, two souls try to mend their broken hearts while assisting those who lost virtually everything in the fire.