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Homeless, exhausted, and running out of hope, Nora Ellis knocks on the door of Finch Sanctuary asking for a ride to the homeless shelter. Instead, she finds Tobias Finch, a gruff old widower who reluctantly allows Nora and her seven-year-old daughter, Maisie, to stay in the sanctuary's abandoned caretaker cottage until they can get back on their feet. Nora promises it will only be temporary. But Finch Sanctuary has a way of changing plans. While Nora keeps her heart guarded behind walls built from old wounds, Silas Mercer, the sanctuary's handsome and charming caretaker, seems determined to convince her that some people are worth trusting. Meanwhile, Maisie sets her sights on an even greater challenge: the angry old man who insists he wants to be left alone. As the little girl chips away at Tobias's carefully guarded heart, long-buried grief begins to surface, and the sanctuary starts to feel less like a refuge and more like a home. But when fear threatens to send Nora running, she must decide whether the life she's building is another mistake... or the family she's been searching for all along. Finch Sanctuary is a heartwarming story of found family, second chances, and discovering that home is not a place. Home is the people who choose to stay.