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The Code on the Crossword: A Christmas Miracle of Faith, Love, and Messages from Beyond
She hears her husband's voice in ink and paper. Her son thinks she's losing her mind. But what if heaven speaks in the language we understand best?
Margaret Flynn has been a widow for three years, confined to Evergreen Meadows Nursing Home with a failing heart but an unshakeable faith. Every morning, she waits for the daily newspaper—not for the news, but for the crossword puzzle. Because lately, the clues have been speaking directly to her. Personal memories. Inside jokes. Pet names only her late husband Robert knew.
"Seven 'What I called you under the oak tree.' Five letters."
Sparrow.
Her son, David, a burnt-out software engineer still reeling from his own divorce, thinks it's dementia. Or wishful thinking. Or the cruelest coincidence. He hasn't prayed in a decade, and he certainly doesn't believe in messages from heaven delivered through a syndicated puzzle.
But when Margaret's health takes a critical turn just before Christmas, David finds himself investigating the impossible—tracing the crossword back to its creator, unraveling a mystery that will challenge everything he thought he knew about faith, love, and the fine line between coincidence and miracle.
Meanwhile, Hannah Chen, the young hospice nurse with her own shattered dreams and questions about God's silence, finds herself drawn into the Flynns' story. As she watches Margaret's unwavering hope and David's desperate search for rational answers, she begins to What if faith isn't about having all the answers? What if it's about trusting the puzzle isn't random?
As Christmas morning approaches, three broken hearts will discover that love—both earthly and divine—speaks in mysterious ways. And sometimes, the greatest miracle isn't the message itself, but finding the courage to believe it.
A heartwarming Christian romance about second chances, the persistence of love beyond death, and the God who meets us in our grief with whispers of hope—even through a daily crossword puzzle.
Margaret Flynn has been a widow for three years, confined to Evergreen Meadows Nursing Home with a failing heart but an unshakeable faith. Every morning, she waits for the daily newspaper—not for the news, but for the crossword puzzle. Because lately, the clues have been speaking directly to her. Personal memories. Inside jokes. Pet names only her late husband Robert knew.
"Seven 'What I called you under the oak tree.' Five letters."
Sparrow.
Her son, David, a burnt-out software engineer still reeling from his own divorce, thinks it's dementia. Or wishful thinking. Or the cruelest coincidence. He hasn't prayed in a decade, and he certainly doesn't believe in messages from heaven delivered through a syndicated puzzle.
But when Margaret's health takes a critical turn just before Christmas, David finds himself investigating the impossible—tracing the crossword back to its creator, unraveling a mystery that will challenge everything he thought he knew about faith, love, and the fine line between coincidence and miracle.
Meanwhile, Hannah Chen, the young hospice nurse with her own shattered dreams and questions about God's silence, finds herself drawn into the Flynns' story. As she watches Margaret's unwavering hope and David's desperate search for rational answers, she begins to What if faith isn't about having all the answers? What if it's about trusting the puzzle isn't random?
As Christmas morning approaches, three broken hearts will discover that love—both earthly and divine—speaks in mysterious ways. And sometimes, the greatest miracle isn't the message itself, but finding the courage to believe it.
A heartwarming Christian romance about second chances, the persistence of love beyond death, and the God who meets us in our grief with whispers of hope—even through a daily crossword puzzle.
177 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 12, 2025
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