
Wake-up Calls
A Novel
Amazon Publishing · Print & ebook · May 1, 2026
A woman’s surprising inheritance opens the door to her family’s secrets in a moving novel about healing, forgiveness, and second chances by New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in family secrets and healing
- Themes
- family, forgiveness, second chances
- Pacing
- Reflective
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A woman’s surprising inheritance opens the door to her family’s secrets in a moving novel about healing, forgiveness, and second chances by New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart. Kit Porterfield is coping with the upheaval of her personal life when another shock blindsides her. Maxine Meadows, an aunt she never knew existed, has bequeathed to her a rustic campground in Maine.
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With it comes a long-buried family secret that Kit’s late mother took great pains to hide for her entire life. When Kit arrives to tenuously claim her inheritance, she learns the town’s history and finds the lakeside sporting camp and its beautiful wooded acres in need of restoration to their former glory. But it’s Kit’s own history that compels her to stay, and she’s not returning home until she uncovers the secrets that tore two sisters apart so many years ago. Kit soon discovers clues in old photographs and in the tale of a tragic and enduring love story, but the most startling revelations are yet to come. For Kit, they could be the path to understanding the mystery that defined her mother’s life—and her own.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in family secrets and healing
- Fans of contemporary women's fiction with emotional depth
Where it sits
| Contemporary Romance | 46% |
|---|---|
| Multigenerational Family Stories | 31% |
| Sibling Stories | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Contemporary Romance
- Women's Fiction
- Family Life
- Authors
- Mariah Stewart
- Publisher
- Amazon Publishing
- Published
- May 1, 2026
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- family · forgiveness · second chances
- Reading lane
- Contemporary Romance