Through Harper’s experience, we get a glimpse of the foster care system. What reasons does she give? Do you agree with her thinking? Why or why not?Ģ. At the beginning of the book, Macey’s heart seems set against adoption. Then Harper goes missing, and one thing is suddenly crystal clear: life is complicated-but love doesn’t have to be. It gets Macey and Ben to thinking about all the children who need homes. Harper Wheaton’s a tough one, but Macey knows the little girl has already struggled more than most. Will she ever find a family to call her own?Īs a physician’s assistant, Macey meets lots of kids. She loves her social worker, Cora, but knows that staying with her forever isn’t an option. She’s not sure why she gets mad maybe because no family seems to want a nine-year-old girl with a heart condition.

Harper Wheaton just got kicked out of another foster home and it won’t be the last if she keeps losing her temper. Her sister suggests adoption, but Macey and Ben aren’t interested in pursuing that path…until a three-legged golden retriever named Keeper wags his way into their home and their hearts. After her fifth miscarriage in six years, Macey worries that the family they’ve always dreamed of might be out of reach. The only thing missing is what they want the most. Macey and Ben Samuelson have much to be thankful for: great friends, a beautiful-if high-maintenance-Victorian house on idyllic Tybee Island, and a rock-solid marriage.

The first novel in a new series from bestselling author Nan Rossiter tells the moving story of a couple struggling to start a family and the young foster girl with a heart condition who changes their lives forever.Ĭan the course that they’ve set for the future handle a slight detour…?

Promises of the heart by nan rossiter