This is an intriguing story with a unique premise. I didn't read the companion novel to this one, but this one stands alone.

Thanks to NetGalley, the author and publisher for an advanced reading copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Eli Cranston has left his law practice in California after the loss of his wife and daughter. Moving 3400 miles away to a cottage by the sea. Ben Harbour Maine has long winters and a life new to Eli. He meets Clem, Hope and Rebecca. They all become a great part of his life. Starting a new career in FLP( Forward Life Progression), still keeping in contact with his clients in California with Skype. He learns to help people as well as hisself and to live again.
Waiting for Grace is an encouraging novel. Gives hope to people in desperation and let's them know they are loved.

Thank you to publisher and NetGalley for this eARC

I finished this book feeling extremely confused. The description of the book tells you that the protagonist, Eli, moved to Maine from California to start over and leave a painful past behind, in which he lost his wife and daughter. The first 3/4 of the book leads you to believe that he lost the daughter in one way, yet it isn't until the next to last chapter until you find out how he actually did lose her, and so briefly that I am still unclear exactly what happened. The loss of his wife is covered in one sentence.

What leads up to that is mostly a description of remodeling a house and farm chores. Eli does meet some new people and make some friends, and he sees clients as a grief counselor. At times, the book seems like a fiction woven to describe FLP (future life progression), a therapy for overcoming traumas. It seems that there aren't many people in the book who aren't wounded in some way.

In the end, I felt somewhat tricked in the way that Eli's trauma was revealed. I think I would have preferred for his past to be revealed sooner, and perhaps to be able to put his two brief healing sessions into some context.

Thanks to Wyatt-MacKenzie Press and NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I had so much hope for this book being special and am sad to say that it wasn't "it" for me. I didn't finish it, gave up around 13% because it wasn't holding my interest. It was written a bit too long-winded, I'm sorry to say.

Thanks, though, to the publisher and Netgalley for providing a copy!