Lacey's Love
About the book
How do you heal a heart weighed down by the past—without breaking it all over again? Therapist Dr. Lacey is no stranger to healing others, but after years of burnout and the sting of personal loss, she’s struggling to mend her own fractured spirit. When she crosses paths with Bob, a rugged Marine veteran turned struggling businessman, his quiet strength and hidden vulnerability awaken a long-buried spark of hope. Yet Bob’s battle with PTSD and a growing dependence on alcohol threaten to extinguish that flicker before it can catch fire. Bob wants nothing more than to be the steady, loving grandfather his granddaughter Daisy deserves. But the ghosts of his past, and the alcohol he reaches for to silence them, are pulling him under. Lacey’s compassion feels like a lifeline, but he fears his demons will drag her down with him. Lacey and Bob learn to rediscover the healing power of connection with each other, their loved ones, and the natural world that surrounds them. But healing comes at a cost, and they’ll have to face the wounds of the past if they want to plant new roots for the future. As Lacey fights to rebuild her own balance and Bob wrestles with the shadows closing in, they must decide: can two wounded souls find strength in each other, or will their scars define their future?
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About the author
Christina Gonzalez writes emotionally rich, culturally rooted fiction about grief, healing, family, and the surprising places love takes root. Her *Remedies of the Heart* series blends slow-burn romance and women’s fiction with herbs, gardens, food traditions, found family, and just enough humor to keep the heartbreak from having the last word. Born in Okinawa and shaped by years spent living in Mexico, Japan, Germany, Italy, and across the United States, Christina has long been fascinated by the ways people carry home, heritage, and memory with them. Her more than twenty years as a psychotherapist also inform the emotional honesty of her characters—complicated people who do not heal overnight or through romance alone, but through connection, courage, nature, and the occasional well-timed cup of tea. Christina now lives in Southwest Florida, where she writes, practices psychotherapy, studies herbalism, and attempts to transform her yard into a food forest. When she isn’t writing, she can usually be found growing herbs, inventing recipes inspired by her characters, or explaining why adding a new plant to her garden is entirely justified.
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