Load Secure

He's spent twelve years running from the past. Now, a desperate phone call-and a fragile cargo-might give him one last chance to come home. Eli Vance is a long-haul trucker with a clean logbook and a broken heart. After abandoning his family in the wake of an unspeakable loss, he's spent years disappearing into the rhythm of the open road-until a voicemail from his sixteen-year-old daughter changes everything. With just 72 hours to deliver a life-saving vaccine across the American Southwest, Eli must race against time, mechanical failure, and his own guilt. But when Maya reveals a secret that could alter both their lives forever, he realizes the most important delivery isn't in his trailer-it's the trust he must earn to become the father she needs. From the deserts of Arizona to the rain-slicked streets of Nashville, Load Secure is a quietly powerful story of redemption, responsibility, and the courage to show up-even when you're certain you don't deserve to. Perfect for fans of Kent Haruf, Richard Russo, and Delia Owens, this emotionally resonant debut introduces a new voice in American fiction-one that finds grace in grit, and hope in the spaces between exits.