Today I’m sharing my book recommendation for The Voice We Find, Book 3 in Nicole Deese’s Fog Harbor Romance series that’s releasing on April 15, 2025.
Book Description:
Two voices. One story. A chance to rewrite their future.
Sophie Wilder returns home to California with nothing more than a failed Broadway career and a geriatric cat. Stuck working at the family winery with her egotistical brother and desperate for a way to revive her acting dreams, she takes a side gig as an audiobook narrator with Fog Harbor Books. But getting mixed up in the life of her reluctant sound engineer was never a part of her plans.
August Tate is still reeling from taking on guardianship of his teen sister. Determined to find a solution to her degenerative hearing loss and to prevent his private recording studio from going under, he agrees to produce audiobooks part-time. When Sophie breathes new life into his creativity and forms an unexpected bond with his sister rooted in their common faith, he must confront the reasons he turned away from his own or risk losing the second chance he’s only just started to believe in.
The Voice We Find is the third book in Nicole Deese’s Fog Harbor Romance Series for fans of clean, faith-based stories, deaf and hard of hearing representation, workplace romance, books about books, found family, and sibling bonds.
Narelle’s Thoughts:
I enjoyed reading The Voice We Find, the third book in Nicole Deese’s Fog Harbor Romance series. August is a sound engineer who moved back to his childhood home in California wine country two years ago to care for his sister, Gabby. He’s now the guardian of sixteen-year-old Gabby, who his late parents adopted from Colombia when she was six. Their parents tragically passed away in an accident in India during a mission trip. Gabby is living with significant hearing loss from the head trauma she suffered in the accident.
Sophie was only eighteen when she left behind the family winery built by her beloved late maternal grandmother to pursue a theatre career in New York. Sophie’s controlling father didn’t approve of her career choice, and she’s effectively estranged from her parents, older brother, and sister-in-law. Eight years later, Sophie’s Broadway career is over and her dire financial situation forces her to return to California with her elderly cat, Phantom, and work at the family winery. Her brother and sister-in-law provide accommodation at the winery in their pool house that’s next to a noisy construction site.
August’s best friend Chip, from Fog Harbor Books, offers August an opportunity to produce audiobooks. Sophie applies for voice acting work with Chip’s company. I loved Sophie and August’s meet cute at his sound recording studio and how they end up working together on projects for Chip.
Sophie bonds with Gabby, who is instrumental in Sophie rediscovering her faith. Sophie can’t avoid dealing with the childhood trauma she experienced at the winery when she was sixteen years old.
August is the prodigal who’s grieving the loss of his parents. He’s frustrated that he doesn’t have the financial resources to do more to improve Gabby’s hearing. Gabby is resilient, and she has a strong faith that August struggles to understand.
I loved how August and Sophie’s romantic relationship developed in the story and I empathised with them as they wrestled with many heartbreaking issues. The story ending was fabulous and satisfying. I appreciated how Gabby’s disability is portrayed with sensitivity and care. I recommend The Voice We Find to contemporary romance readers who like forced proximity romances with depth that deal with family drama, prodigal themes, and have strong faith elements in the story.
Many thanks to Bethany House and NetGalley for the advanced reader copy.
Learn more about Nicole Deese and her books at her website.
