A year can change everything. In rural Portugal, during the shadowed months of 1917, Catarina da Silva lives a life shaped by duty, prayer, and quiet endurance. At forty-two, she believes her chances for love and motherhood have passed—until she opens her home to Rosa Maria Santos, a gentle sixteen-year-old orphan whose presence begins to soften every corner of her carefully ordered world. As war presses closer and rumors of miracles spread from the hills of Fátima, Rosa reveals a rare gift for compassion, sacrifice, and unseen grace. Her kindness touches everyone she meets—from a grieving baker to a restless village boy—while her own body quietly bears a growing burden. A Year of Grace is a tender historical novel about love discovered late, faith tested by suffering, and the quiet holiness found in ordinary lives. Set against the true events surrounding the Miracle of the Sun, it is a story of motherhood, sacrifice, and the kind of grace that does not always heal—but always transforms.