Beyond the Borderlands — Jill Penrod

When thirty-year-old Sage Montgomery loses his wife and in-laws, he ends up with custody of his teen sister-in-law, who is angry and impossible to reach. Hoping they will heal and refresh, his parents send them both to St. Ninian's Sanctuary, a spiritual retreat center on an island on the southern tip of the world. While there Sage meets Violet, a woman all out of confidence who runs the island wool shed, and his sister-in-law meets Heath, a recent high school graduate who wants to remain on the island but can't muster the courage to tell anyone.Through adventures and dangers only possible on the island, Sage and Paisley learn about love, loss, and what it means to grieve and begin again. Heath finds that God's purposes are bigger than his fears. Violet begins to trust God for her purpose, even when she doesn't think she measures up. And along the way, they discover more of St. Ninian's secrets, including a few concerning the elusive owner of the island and what he's hiding. Contemporary, small-town Christian romance with an island twist, Beyond the Borderlands is book three of the St. Ninian's Sanctuary series.