Embers of Hope by Kristen M. Fraser

Determination to succeed drove them apart. Could the same thing bring them back together?

Determined. Driven. Career-focused. Three words that sum up Abigail Tolbrook perfectly. Three words she prides herself on. She’s a high-achiever, and quickly climbed the corporate ladder to land her dream job working for an international mining company. On paper, she is the epitome of success. But beneath the surface, she has nothing to show for her hard work and achievements except exhaustion and a coffee addiction. Not to mention the loneliness of living in a new city with no friends. She misses her family – especially her mother, Sandra, who is planning her wedding to Damien Kensington, the man she roadtripped around Queensland with.

But a random reunion with her old flame, Noah Jennings, has her wondering about a different future than she’d imagined. Could there possibly be more to life than she originally planned?
Noah Jennings had his life planned out. Study. Graduate from law school. Pass the bar. Marry. Start a family. Everything was going smoothly, until his wife suddenly passed away. Left reeling and questioning why God would allow such a thing to happen, he moves to Sydney to live with his parents, because there’s no way he can juggle a career with being a single father. But the grass isn’t always greener. He works longer hours. His stress levels are high. And he rarely sees his daughter.

A chance meeting with his old girlfriend, Abigail, provides a glimmer of hope in the midst of his hectic life in a new city.
Until the company she works for becomes embroiled in a scandal and leaves them both questioning their life choices.

What is the point of it all? What is my purpose? Does God really care?
Can they both overcome the past to establish new priorities and find a way forward?