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Deborah Bedford, New York Times bestselling author of The Penny, sweeps readers into a poignant story of lost love and hope renewed. . .

Sam Tibbits has loved Aubrey McCart since their wild childhood summers at Piddock Beach. She’s his best friend and confidante—until her family disappears with no explanation, no forwarding address. Sam is crushed. He was going to propose.
Perhaps Aubrey disappeared because she didn’t want to be found.

Now, Sam and Aubrey find themselves at Piddock Beach again, drawn together by a force beyond themselves. Yet Sam is a man of faith and Aubrey is married to someone else. How can they ever be together the way he dreamed so many years ago? And how can they bear to be apart? A poignant story of lost dreams, forbidden love, and restoration beyond imagination.

“A multilayered, rewarding read.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Bedford wraps the reader in the bittersweet magic of love and loss. She opens hidden doors of the heart to reveal truth and beauty in unlikely places. [A] splendid read.”
—Romantic Times

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Deborah Bedford, New York Times bestselling author of The Penny, moves readers to tears in this dramatic novel about a lonely mother's loss . . . and restoration beyond anything she could have imagined.

Every summer visitors come to Bea Bartling's home in Ash Hollow, Nebraska, to see her historic yellow rosebush. And every night Bea prays she will find a special face among those at her door—her son, Nathan, who left her and everything he called home five years ago. When Bea learns that her beloved son has been killed in a tragic accident, her trust in God is shattered. How will she ever heal from the pain of betrayal and loss, never forgiven by the one she loved most?

When a desperate mother and child show up on Bea’s doorstep, her life is devastated once again, in ways she never expected and doesn’t understand. Yet somehow there is healing available if she will just risk opening her heart. A heart-wrenching story of love and loss that will leave readers changed forever.

“A ROSE BY THE DOOR is a compelling page-turner, a surefire winner from Deborah Bedford.”
—Karen Kingsbury, bestselling author of Just Beyond the Clouds

“Deborah Bedford's A ROSE BY THE DOOR is a poignant story of old wounds and fresh beginnings . . . brought together by God's matchless grace.”