title: Second Chance Heart: An inspirational novel: a stirring love story between a man, a woman and a child during their struggle to reclaim the joy in life while learning to trust.
author:  Karen D. Nichols 
description: Visual Mysteries abound in the workings of an authors mind, especially when the author is an artist. Karen Nichols relocated to Oregon from Southern California where she was a teacher. She wrote and illustrated a number of childrens books. Her artwork appears in books, in logos, and on book covers. Her fine art paintings, sculptures, novels and poetry books are currently shown in Backstreet Gallery, Florence, OR. She has written articles for the Siuslaw News, for Backstreet Gallery as their Marketing Manager and was the managing editor for Carapace Scrawlers Writers Journal containing stories by the Coastal Writers Group. After taking a class, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, she emerged with an adult book swirling through her mind. Thornton House, a spell-binding mystery with a dynamite ending, is her first novel. Completed last year, The Unexpected Gift an inspirational novel where a Marine reclaims purpose and trust through redemption and the love of a childhood friend plus a very special dog. All three novels are set on the Oregon Coast.  Find them on Amazon.com under Karen D. Nichols or - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search- alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Karen+D.+Nichols++ She lives in Oregon with her husband, Ralph, and Buddy, her King Charles Cavalier Spaniel.
zlib_text: # One More Chance
  
  ## Dreamers Bay Series
  
  ##  Cheryl Phipps
  
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  # Reviews for One More Chance
  
  One More Chance is a wonderful and touching story love re-found, the joy of a
  little boy, and a town that comes together in support and celebration.
  
  From the beginning, the reader is drawn in by Abby and Max and a loss they
  have been working to get through and find their way back from. Throughout,
  there is the story of a lost child, a found child, and his story of faith and
  love toward the two people he trusts the most despite the horror and tragedy
  he faces and how he works through it.
  
  One More Chance is a heartwarming novel. While many difficult life issues
  intertwine throughout, there are many survivors who find their way through
  love, understanding, support and togetherness.
  
  A truly wonderful story from beginning to end. A great start to the Dreamers
  Bay Series and a story anyone would enj