The Golden Hearts Club: A Novel

The cross-country road trip began innocently enough--but unexpected detours lead them down a road that will change their lives.

Guided by mystifying dreams and unpredictable detours, two sisters embark on a cross-country road trip that shifts from a light-hearted adventure to having to sort friend from rival, honesty from corruption, and love from lies. But their decision to help a stranger sets off a chain of events that transform numerous lives and reveals the profound impact of compassion.

Katie and Megan Summers are finally leaving on their long-awaited adventure. But Katie is plagued by haunting dreams; a raging fire, desperate voices crying out, a mysterious American Indian woman, a striking white horse, and angry trees that frighten her. The vivid dreams leave her unnerved; are they insights into another life or are they warnings of a future event. She doesn't know how to interpret them--until they start to come true.

When Katie becomes ill, they stop at a run-down motel and meet Rose, An American Indian woman who sits at Katie's bedside nursing her back to health. But it's Katie's confession of a haunting dream--the faces of two girls inside an intense fire--that brings their encounter to a profound turning point. Rose realizes that this young woman, a stranger, has foreseen the vision of her deepest pain--her family lost in a tragic fire years ago, a secret she has never shared. Driven by empathy and a sense of destiny, Katie is determined to return to Arizona to help Rose find a place she can call home.

While trespassing on a California horse ranch they meet the Larone brothers and become entangled with a family of a powerful pharmaceutical dynasty who grapple with secrets, rivalries, and the weight of expectations. But when Katie has a devastating riding accident, it rocks the ranch. The family sets aside their disagreements and unite to support a young woman in need, revealing the strength of family bonds and the transformative power of compassion and forgiveness.