The Promise of Tomorrow By Mary Ellen Taylor

From the author of The Brighter the Light comes a moving story about one woman’s reason for leaving home and the love that brings her back.

When Olympia leaves her small Virginia town, she doesn’t expect to look back, much less ever come home. However, after a year on the road, her sister’s engagement pulls Olympia back into everything she left behind: her family, her husband, and the grief she’s been trying to forget.

Olympia plans to stay only a few days, maybe a week—just enough time to visit gravestones and finalize the divorce her husband, Spencer, requested. Yet, Spencer is struggling with their shared loss and complications with his aging parents, leaving his heart as fragile as Olympia’s. As they spend more time together, they become less certain they can walk away for good.

Family secrets begin to surface, and the bonds between family members are tested to their breaking point. Olympia finds herself at a crossroads, needing to decide where she’s going next and where she truly belongs. She’s accustomed to dealing with life’s complications alone, but perhaps the best way to heal is together.

This story explores themes of love, loss, and reconciliation, capturing the complexity of returning to one’s roots and confronting the past. Olympia’s journey reveals that sometimes, the path to healing and moving forward involves embracing the people and places we thought we’d left behind. In the end, she learns that home is not just a place, but the people who help us find our way back. 📚❤️