The Samaritan's Patient

Paige Abernathy was once the epitome of high school perfection—beautiful, popular, and deeply in love with Lucas, the most sought-after boy at Alverna High.

But everything changes when her mother forbids her from seeing him, and Paige's world takes a devastating turn. After a website she creates inadvertently sparks a wave of teenage suicides, she finds herself at the center of the world's hate and blame.

Fleeing to a homeless shelter to escape an angry mob, Paige is left broken and penniless, cooking meals for those in need as a way to atone.

Her life appears to be on the upswing when a kind businessman offers her a job, but the bounty on her head leads to a tragic shooting, leaving her in even deeper guilt and pain.

Determined to make things right, Paige sets out on an eight-hundred-mile journey across Texas, struggling to heal from her trauma and grappling with the consequences of her actions. Along the way, she faces emotional challenges that force her to confront painful truths about herself while searching for redemption and forgiveness.

The Samaritan's Patient is a powerful, thought-provoking novel about the impact of social media, the complexities of mental health and depression, and the difficult journey toward forgiveness. With elements of psychological fiction, crime and investigation, and Christian reflection, this contemporary fiction will stay with you long after you turn the last page.