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From the bestselling author of Saving Rain comes a bittersweet, heartbreaking story about a broken cemetery caretaker and the woman who gave him shelter from life’s constant storm.

Along came The Spider …

They called me a freak.
They called me a loser.

They tormented me and made my life a living nightmare when all I had ever wanted was to be left alone.

And five years ago, after a lifetime of being bullied and harassed, of enduring more pain and trauma than any man could handle, that’s exactly what I set out to do.

I left the only home I’d ever known to lock myself behind the cemetery gates and care for the only people who have ever given me the peace I craved—the dead.

But just as I’d started to feel comfortable, an unexpected stranger broke into my house and fell into my web of reclusive safety, and somehow, opened my eyes to love and the possibility that I just might have the strength to weather the storm after all …

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Charlie has a rough up bringing with losses and cruelty that he had to endure for so long it was hell. My heart broke for him. I just wanted to be able to tell him that its going to be ok and its going to get better. When he leaves town, he moves to Salem. He’s loving his new life working at a cemetery, he doesn’t want to connect with people, that is until he meets Stormy. While reading this there were times where I felt like I had got kicked in the gut others where I was just tearing out of no where. It was a beautiful portrayal of grief, mental health, trauma but it also showed love and hope. This was a top 2024 read for me.

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