Brushstrokes of Belonging

By Stephanie Doering

When Ava walks away from the life everyone believed was hers, she carries only a suitcase, a sketchbook, and the slow ache of betrayal. On a rain-blurred morning she boards a ferry with no destination-only the hope that distance might loosen what binds her.

A sudden squall diverts her to Fenwick, a small Maine island crouched beneath weathered cliffs and wind-worried pines. Among salt-stained cottages and tides that never quite settle, Ava finds an unexpected welcome: Maeve with her practical kindness, Silas with his watchful quiet, and Anders-steady, gentle-alongside his bright-eyed son, Ewan.

As storms, solitude, and the slow pull of belonging reshape her days, Ava must decide whether Fenwick is simply a place to disappear...or the home she has been unknowingly moving toward all along.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HBXGRRZ3
• ISBN13: 9798235253704
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Stephanie Doering
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 5.5"