title: A Time to Heal
author: Bond, David
description: Wanda Grover plunges into grief after losing her best friend to cancer, but must also survive the loss of raising her niece, a girl she cherished like a daughter.
  
  Rex White used to be a teacher until a student makes a false accusation. Forced to work a dead-end job to keep a roof over his and his teenage son’s head, he longs to be somewhere far away from the seaside community of Ocean City, New Jersey.
  
  Wanda is approaching forty, and loneliness threatens to crush her spirit. She loves the beach environment, but her heart aches for something she can’t define.
  
  Rex, a widow, despite his attraction to Wanda, is focused on one thing, getting a job, and the farther away, the better. His life is difficult, and unfulfilling, and he needs a change.
  
  Rex’s mother, Dottie, might have the solution for what ails Rex and Wanda. Can she conjure up a plan to bring them together?