After the unexpected death of his beloved daughter, Katie, Congressman Julian Johnson is overcome by grief and begins to question every promise God made to him. Balancing marriage to his smart and beautiful wife, life in the public eye, and his mother's antics are beginning to take a toll on his ability to hold it together beyond his devastating loss. Julian's only desire is to escape from it all. When an unlikely friendship touches him in ways he didn't anticipate, the escape he longs for puts every relationship he values at risk. Northside Senior Center is in jeopardy, and the secret his wife is keeping will either save their marriage or tear it apart. Julian's world is about to be turned upside down…again. Tonja Murphy is a woman with many stories-and a lesson for each of them. Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, she is a graduate of Jackson State University. When not writing, Tonja can be found empowering people to be their best self, both at work and through numerous volunteer organizations including one she founded; The Ladybug Club, worshipping at Jackson Revival Center Church, filling up her CrockPot, or running or mostly walking half-marathons.