Leaving Lyra

Love. Hate. Secrets. Toast.

Lyra has been running away from a dire secret. A recent graduate from the school of hard knocks, she has fortuitously arrived in River Oaks, a small, welcoming Northern California town, where she finds a job, a life, and something more. Working at Molly’s bakery, she is afforded daily visits with Dorian, a man hiding his own secret. Lyra has more to overcome than her past, she is overweight and terrified of romantic relationships. Will Lyra and Dorian’s mutual love of God, creating music, and half-baked Beatles tunes bring them together, or will their pasts keep them apart? And just what does toast have to do with it?

In this second installment of seven in the River Oaks Series, Leaving Lyra connects us to the lighthearted chronicles begun in Molly Takes the Cake. The original cast of characters and their stories continue in this Christian Romantic Comedy.