Today’s episode is a conversation with Rachel Fordham. Her latest novel, Where the Road Bends, released Tuesday, June 7. We discuss the lessons apparent in this book, what it’s like to write contemporary after writing historical fiction, and how she uses the five love languages in her novels.

Here’s a description of the novel, from Revell:

For Norah King, her family land is all she has left—and she can’t

lose it, even if it means marrying someone she doesn’t love. Days

before the wedding, she discovers a badly injured man on her

property and chooses to take him in—a decision she could live to

regret.

Norah’s nursing does more than aid Quincy Barnes’s recovery; it also

awakens his heart. But as a penniless man with no home of his own,

Quincy has nothing to offer her. The honorable choice is to leave and

let her marry her intended. The only problem is that when he leaves,

he inadvertently takes something that doesn’t belong to him—

something that will change both their lives forever.

When their paths cross next, Quincy sees firsthand the consequences

of his actions and will go to great lengths to set things right, but will

it be enough?

Can Quincy come clean to Norah and make amends? Or will

their future together be ruined before it has even begun?

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Also mentioned:

The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman (affiliate)

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