I write redemptive Christian historical fiction about ordinary people rebuilding lives interrupted by war, grief, and loss.
Set against carefully rendered moments in history, my novels favor friendship over instant romance, restraint over melodrama, and ordinary acts of faithfulness over grand gestures. At their heart are stories of homecoming, healing, belonging, and the stubborn persistence of hope.
These are stories about what happens after the world has changed—and how we learn to build again with what remains.
The Light That Breaks Through
Regency England • 1815
Eleanor Whitcross and Nathaniel Harrowgate find their paths unexpectedly crossing in a world reshaped by war and circumstance. Together, they must navigate questions of faith, duty, and what it means to hope when life has not unfolded as expected.
A House With Room
Victorian England & Texas Frontier • 1868
COMING SPRING 2027
Grace Ashford leaves the familiar hills of Devonshire for the Texas frontier, carrying a calling to teach into a place still scarred by war. There she encounters Dr. Caleb Mercer, a former Civil War surgeon who has spent years tending everyone else’s wounds while quietly carrying his own.
With What Remains
Texas & France • World War I • 1918
COMING SPRING 2028
When sisters Esther and Clara Barlow answer the call for American nurses overseas, they enter a France where war has stripped life to what can still be saved. Amid crowded wards, devastating loss, and an unexpected connection, Esther must confront the limits of what she can hold together—and discover what God can grow from what remains.
To Find You Again
Texas & England • World War II • 1943
(2nd edition coming soon)
War carries Anna Grace Hayes far from Texas and into a world fractured by separation, danger, and loss. Across an ocean and amid the uncertainty of World War II, she discovers that sometimes finding home means first discovering what—and whom—has never stopped holding her.
Robin Ludwig 