About SHELTER AT FIRST LIGHT: A Christian Romantic Suspense Novel (Covenant Ridge Book 1):
A storm. A bloodstained Bible. A shelter with secrets buried beneath its floor.Mara Ellis came to Covenant Ridge to reopen First Light, a long-abandoned women’s shelter with a painful history. She hoped the old house could become a refuge again.Then Leah Mercer arrives barefoot in the rain, clutching her infant daughter and an old Bible she refuses to let go.Leah says not to call the sheriff.She says powerful men are hunting her.She says the Bible was given to her by Ruth Bellamy, the disgraced former director of First Light.And when Mara opens the door, the danger follows.Caleb Rowan knows the mountain, the old trails, and the cost of a rescue gone wrong. Years ago, one fatal decision ended his search-and-rescue career and left him certain his judgment could not be trusted. But when Leah’s evidence exposes a pattern of buried reports, missing women, and old corruption, Caleb must return to the rescue skills he swore he would never use again.As Mara and Caleb uncover Ruth’s hidden records, they discover Leah’s story is tied to a much older betrayal—one involving a wealthy benefactor, a compromised sheriff, and a town that learned to call silence peace.Now First Light must become more than a shelter.It must become a witness.Shelter at First Light is a clean Christian romantic suspense novel featuring small-town secrets, faith under pressure, slow-burn romance, mountain danger, and a powerful story of courage, healing, and truth.
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Author Bio:
C.M. Brian writes clean Christian romantic suspense filled with small-town secrets, wounded hearts, courageous faith, and hope-filled justice. Drawn to stories where danger tests love and truth rises through silence, Brian creates emotionally rich novels about ordinary people facing extraordinary pressure with courage, grace, and faith. Shelter at First Light is the first book in the Covenant Ridge series, a Christian romantic suspense series set in a mountain town where buried secrets, protective love, and first light collide. When not writing, C.M. Brian is making friends, spending time with family and learning about theology.