And Both Shall Row

William Monroe’s life has been one of simple beauty. He has not known pain. He has not known loss. He has family and he has love. And then he loses it. In a single moment. And he begins a decades long journey of picking up the pieces, and trying to move on. Of going beyond. Mira Smithson is struggling through a shattered life when she crosses William’s path. She is glorious. But she is broken. Raging against life, but at the same time content to disappear into the crowd that adores her. A chance meeting aboard a ship sailing west brings them together. And together they begin to unravel the ropes that bind them to their past lives, to the people they used to be, and to the people they’ve become. Together they attempt to find meaning in death, and hope in love. But before they can even begin, they must cross an ocean together. Facing forward, they must look back and confront their ghosts, and discover the truth, and shine light into the shadows hanging over both their lives. The first of four books that tell a story of love and death. Of redemption. Of hope. Of no maximums.