The Runaway Midwife: A Novel

From the USA Today bestselling author of the Hope River series comes a new contemporary midwife novel.

Say amp;#8220;goodbyeamp;#8221; to your old life, and amp;#8220;helloamp;#8221; to the life youamp;#8217;ve been waiting foramp;#8230;

Midwife Clara Perry is accustomed to comforting her pregnant patientsamp;#8230;calming fathers-to-be as they anxiously await the birth of their childrenamp;#8230;ensuring the babies she delivers come safely into the world.

But when Claraamp;#8217;s life takes a nosedive, she realizes she hasnamp;#8217;t been tending to her own needs and does something drastic: she runs away and starts over again in a place where no one knows her or the mess sheamp;#8217;s left behind in West Virginia. Heading to Sea Gull Islandamp;#8212;a tiny, remote Canadian islandamp;#8212;Clara is ready for anything. Well, almost. She left her passport back home, and the only way she can enter Canada is by hitching a ride on a snowmobile and illegally crossing the border.

Deciding to reinvent herself, Clara takes a new identityamp;#8212;Sara Livingston, a writer seeking solitude. But thereamp;#8217;s no avoiding the outside world. The residents are friendly, and draw amp;#8220;Saraamp;#8221; into their lives and confidences. She volunteers at the local medical clinic, using her midwifery skills, and forms a tentative relationship with a local police officer.

But what will happen if she lets down her guard and reveals the real reason why she left her old life? One lesson soon becomes clear: no matter how far you run, you can never really hide from your past.