"Once again, Cynthia Ruchti has me falling in love with her characters and not wanting the story to end. From the teenager to the tiny house village people, I wanted to follow them on Instagram and read every post. Don’t start reading if you need to get up in the morning because this will be an all-nighter."  

—Becky Turner, president, KBT Consulting 

"Cynthia Ruchti's 'hemmed in hope' stories always capture my attention. In Miles from Where We Started, her characters grabbed me from the first sentences, and my travels with them felt much like my own personal journey. Throw in the mix of a sassy adolescent foster boy and a joyful collection of roadside characters, and you've got a book that will travel in your heart a long time. Cynthia’s books remind me that when love is rooted in commitment and faith, the rest is just details. Of all of Ruchti's beautifully written novels, this is her best."

—Janet Holm McHenry, award-winning author of 23 books including the best-selling PrayerWalk and The Complete Guide to the Prayers of Jesus 

"Road trip! Come along on a creative, thoughtful, and fun road trip with Connor and Mallory as they try to figure out what marriage should look like. A wonderful book!" 
—Gayle Roper, author of Fatal Arrangement, Plain Truth 

"Every Cynthia Ruchti story is an unforgettable darkness-to-light journey. In Miles from Where We Started, the journey is literal, inviting readers to tag along on a road trip, savoring backroads beauty across the country while experiencing every bump, detour, and breakdown in a rocky first year of marriage. Like Ruchti’s vibrant characters, you will not be the same at the end of this emotion-filled journey to hope."

—Becky Melby, author of Guideposts’ Family Secrets. 

"Traveling love’s and life’s highways and byways together can be a challenge at any age or stage. Award-winning author Cynthia Ruchti brilliantly draws the reader into the main characters’ road trip in a way that your own life's journey is enriched and inspired."

—Pam and Bill Farrel, Directors of Love-Wise, authors of 45 books including best-selling Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti 

"'Just add humans and the adventure begins' goes the slogan for RoadRave’s new tiny trailer. And what an adventure Miles from Where We Started is – following millennial newlyweds Mallory and Connor and a troubled eleven-year-old Judah cross-country. No one wants to be there. The couple is planning to divorce, the boy is wary of yet another in a long line of rejections, and the tiny trailer is just that – way too tiny to contain all this drama! But the people they meet, the places they visit, and the God who accompanies them…all work together through both trauma and transformation. Best line? This is not how our story ends. Yet another confirmation why Cynthia Ruchti remains my favorite author for contemporary fiction. Her portrayal of millennials and tweeners is phenomenal and I especially loved the down-to-earth middle America folks who offered such wise roadsigns for these pilgrims. Honey, it’s time to take this trip!"

—Lucinda Secrest McDowell, author of Ordinary Graces 

"Cynthia Ruchti, with her signature blend of warmth and wisdom, never disappoints! Miles from Where We Started will have you laughing out loud one moment and reaching for a tissue the next. A journey of hope and healing as unforgettable as the characters you root for and grow to love along the way. Highly recommended!" 
—Kathryn Springer, author of The Dandelion Field 

"Sometimes a risky adventure can change your life in the best way. Road trips are never perfect, so they are perfect opportunities to experience the love that meets our real needs. Cynthia Ruchti offers us all a trustworthy story of redemption. Life gets broken; redemption happens in the ways we least expect. There is great hope! Miles from Where We Started could be our story. Doug and I could be Mallory and Conner — if they were thirty years older!"
—Janet Newberry, educator and educational consultant-on-the-road 

"Miles from Where We Started is a beautifully redemptive tale that reminds us nothing broken is beyond healing. Ruchti is a master at making readers feel deeply and examine their own lives and relationships in the process. A highly recommended read!"

—Lindsay Harrel, author of The Heart Between Us