{"product_id":"anchored-in-the-storm-betrayal-grace-and-unshakable-hope-9798244674644","title":"Anchored in the Storm: Betrayal, Grace, and Unshakable Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Diane Shepherd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnchored in the Storm\u003c\/b\u003e A Novel of Betrayal, Grace, and Unshakable Hope\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllie Harper thought she had rebuilt her life after tragedy. Five years after her husband Mark's sudden death, she runs \u003ci\u003eAnchored Grounds\u003c\/i\u003e-a cozy Port Aransas bookstore-caf� named for the old family anchor on her porch and the verse that carried her through grief: \"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure\" (Hebrews 6:19). Her days are filled with coffee, books, women's Bible studies, and the quiet rhythm of the Texas coast. She believes she's healed. She believes she's safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen a thick envelope arrives from a Houston law firm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside is Mark's handwriting-a confession that shatters everything. A second family. A daughter named Sofia. Years of hidden lies and financial ruin that drained their savings and left debts Ellie never knew existed. The man she mourned as faithful had lived a double life. And he had planned to leave her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs rumors spread through the small town, the church questions, friends falter, and the anchor she once clung to feels like a weight dragging her under, Ellie closes her shop, covers the heirloom in tarp, and flees to a quiet lake house in the Texas Hill Country. In solitude and silence-broken only by the unexpected kindness of a widowed neighbor-she faces the full depth of her pain, screams her raw questions into the storm, and discovers that the true Anchor was never the rusted metal on her porch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was-and always had been-Christ Himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTender, honest, and deeply redemptive, \u003ci\u003eAnchored in the Storm\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of a woman who loses everything she thought defined her, only to find that true hope is firm and secure even when the waves rise highest. For every reader who has ever felt betrayed, uprooted, or tempted to walk away from faith, Ellie's journey reminds us: the storm does not have the final word. Grace does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of Francine Rivers, Lisa Wingate, and Karen Kingsbury-uplifting Christian fiction that faces real pain while pointing to unshakable hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47887674572951,"sku":"9798244674644","price":1242.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798244674644.webp?v=1781160609","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/anchored-in-the-storm-betrayal-grace-and-unshakable-hope-9798244674644","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}