A touching novel of love and loss, a friendship that crosses generations, and learning how even the smallest gifts can change a life for good, from USA Today bestselling author Nancy Naigle.

Amanda Whittier had no idea when she said goodbye to her husband, Jack, the morning he deployed that it would be the last time she'd ever see him. Two years later, she's still trying to put her life with their two children back together. She buys a tiny beach cottage in the town near where they'd wed, and what comes next is as unpredictable as what the tide brings in.

An unlikely friendship with an older woman who has lived there her whole life puts a new lens on Amanda's situation, and Amanda begins finding shells with quotes in them that seem to guide and inspire her to face her fears. She uncovers local lore about these shells from as far back as thirty years ago that gives her purpose as she chases the stories behind them.

One shell leads her to someone she hasn't spoken to since the day she laid her husband to rest. As their friendship unfolds, Amanda begins to believe that he just might hold the key to her future happiness.

INSPIRED BY AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCE After the death of her husband and her cousin in the same year, Nancy found comfort in a story about a friend who'd found shells with scriptures written in them. That memory aided Nancy's healing and it became the genesis for The Shell Collector. As the story unfolds readers will be

encouraged to stop thinking in order to make a difference they have to do grand things. But really, there is purpose in the smallest of efforts as well.

PRAISE Nancy's writing has been praised by Publisher's Weekly ('A pleasant way to spend a chilly fall day.') and Booklist ('It's delightfully entertaining.') and her books have been featured in Women's World and FIRST for Women.

AUTHOR'S MISSION On the other side of a tough personal season Nancy began writing all of her stories with a mission: help one woman, through one bad day and give her just a little bit of hope.

BESTSELLER AND BOOK-TO-FILM AUTHOR: Several of Nancy books have hit the USA Today Bestseller list. She also authored Christmas Joy and Hope at Christmas among others which have become popular Hallmark Christmas films. Her next Christmas Hallmark movie releases in November 2020.