The Return

#1 New York Times Bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with a moving new novel about an injured army doctor and the two women whose secrets will change the course of his life. Trevor Benson never intended to move back to New Bern, North Carolina. But when a mortar blast outside the hospital where he worked as an orthopedic surgeon sent him home from Afghanistan with devastating injuries, the dilapidated cabin hed inherited from his grandfather seemed as good a place to regroup as any. Tending to his grandfathers beloved bee hives while preparing for a second stint in medical school, Trevor isnt prepared to fall in love with a local . . . yet, from their very first encounter, Trevor feels a connection with deputy sheriff Natalie Masterson that he cant ignore. But even as she seems to reciprocate his feelings, she remains frustratingly distant, making Trevor wonder what shes hiding. Further complicating his stay in New Bern is the presence of a sullen teenage girl, Callie, who lives in the trailer park down the road. Claiming to be 17, she works at the local sundries store and keeps to herself. Discovering that she was once befriended by his grandfather, Trevor hopes Callie can shed light on the mysterious circumstances of his grandfathers death, but she offers few clues - until a crisis triggers a race that will uncover the true nature of Callies past, one more intertwined with the elderly mans passing than Trevor could have ever anticipated. In his quest to unravel Natalie and Callies secrets, Trevor will learn the true meaning of love and forgiveness . . . and that in life, to move forward, we must often return to the place where it all began.