Waves of Redemption

Maybe a soul can never be whole again after losing someone it was bound to. But if two people who have lost parts of themselves find each other, can they become whole together—or will the past always pull them apart?

Charlie and Stephen had been inseparable since preschool—best friends who never needed words. But when Stephen is suddenly gone, Charlie’s world shatters. For 365 days, she moves through life like a ghost, searching for the truth she'd refused to see—the subtle ways he showed his love—completely unwilling to imagine a future without him.

On the anniversary of Stephen’s death, weighed down by grief and guilt, Charlie returns to the place where everything changed, convinced there’s only one way to escape the pain. She doesn’t want to keep living when she is an empty shell. But fate, the lingering presence of the boy she lost, or something else entirely won’t let her go just yet. When she sees a stranger moments from being swallowed by something he doesn’t even realize is coming, she refuses to let history repeat itself. This time, she can't fail!

Saving Carter changes everything. His rescue doesn’t just keep him alive—it gives Charlie a reason to hold on. That night, something shifts inside her—something she can’t quite explain. When she wakes, for the first time in a year, she feels like she can truly breathe. The weight of her guilt isn’t gone, but it’s lighter, no longer crushing her. She may never fully forgive herself, but for the first time, she's willing to try.

Stephen’s cousin, Carter, was like a brother to him despite the miles between them. Spending a year with his grieving aunt and uncle, he meets Charlie—still drowning in guilt, unable to escape. She had saved his life that day, but Carter is determined to return the favor, pulling her out of the darkness before it swallows her whole. Through the shared weight of their loss, he helps Charlie see what she couldn’t before: though she may have wished she’d died with Stephen, she still has a life to live. And where there’s life, there’s hope.

But moving forward isn’t easy. As Charlie and Carter grow closer, guilt creeps in. Loving someone else feels like betraying Stephen’s memory—but she’s not the only one who feels this way. Carter has been haunted by the thought that he’s taking something that never belonged to him. He knows how much Stephen loved Charlie. But Stephen loved them both, and if he were here, he’d want them to find happiness.

Stephen never got the chance to live. Will Charlie have the courage to choose to step into a future without him?

Poignant and unforgettable, Waves of Redemption is a deeply emotional story about love, loss, and the courage to keep going.