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1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the acclaimed author of The Longest Ride and The Notebook comes an emotional powerful novel about wondering if we can changeor even make our peace withthe path weve taken

Sparks is superb at what he does The setting is postcard perfect The characters are immensely likable This is a tidy miracle you can count onThe Washington Post

Tanner Hughes was raised by his grandparents following in his grandfathers military footsteps to become an Army Ranger His whole life has been spent abroad and he is the proverbial rolling stone happiest when off on his next adventure zero desire to settle down But when his grandmother passes away her last words to him are find where you belong She also drops a bombshell telling him the name of the father he never knewand where to find him

Tanner is due at his next posting soon but his curiosity is piqued and he sets out for Asheboro North Carolina to ask aroundHes been in town less than twentyfour hours when he meets Kaitlyn Cooper a doctor and single mom They both feel an immediate connection Tanner knows Kaitlyn has a story to tell and he wants to hear it To Kaitlyn Tanner is mysterious excitingand possibly leaving in just a few weeks

Meanwhile nearby eightythreeyearold Jasper lives alone in a cabin bordering a national forest With only his old dog Arlo for company he lives quietly haunted by a tragic accident that took place decades before When he hears rumors that a white deer has been spotted in the foresta creature of legend that inspired his father and grandfatherhe becomes obsessed with protecting the deer from poachers

As these characters fates orbit closer together none of them is expecting a miracle but that may be exactly what is about to alter their futures forever