The Runaway Midwife: A Novel

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

Say €œgoodbye€ to your old life, and €œhello€ to the life you€ve been waiting for€¦

Midwife Clara Perry is accustomed to comforting her pregnant patients€¦calming fathers-to-be as they anxiously await the birth of their children€¦ensuring the babies she delivers come safely into the world.

But when Clara€s life takes a nosedive, she realizes she hasn€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 she€s left behind in West Virginia. Heading to Sea Gull Island€"a tiny, remote Canadian island€"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 identity€"Sara Livingston, a writer seeking solitude. But there€s no avoiding the outside world. The residents are friendly, and draw €œSara€ 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.