Stand in the Box

<p><strong>A tragic loss. An unconventional plan. A heartwarming fight to keep a family together.</strong></p><p>When a sudden accident claims the lives of Jackie and Blake their two young daughters are left orphaned-and the guardians named in the will are anything but traditional. Jake a buttoned-up uncle reeling from heartbreak and Tyler a free-spirited loner with no parenting experience are thrust together under one roof. Their mission? Raise the girls in the only home they've ever known-and somehow make it work.</p><p>As grief tests their resolve and family tensions flare the unlikely co-guardians must navigate teenage angst nosy relatives late-night school projects and the weight of a promise made by the dead. But in the chaos something extraordinary begins to emerge: resilience healing and a new kind of family forged in the fire of love and loss.</p><p><em>Stand in the Box</em> is an emotionally rich sharply observed novel about what it means to step up when life falls apart-and how sometimes the most unexpected people are exactly who we need.</p>