The Strangers' Sanctuary

When home betrays you, build a new home
Two former classmates, faithless priest Placida and traumatized shrine guard Lunden, are tasked with reopening an abandoned shrine far out in farm country. They didn't know one another well at the Academy, and don't intend to start now. They just have to figure out how to run a shrine on their own, so the townsfolk don't send them home.
Between summer bonfires and winter rains, Placida and Lunden find that they'll have to work together to make the shrine thrive - and that they both hide painful secrets.
The Strangers' Sanctuary is a small-scale fantasy novel about healing from dysfunctional origins, finding your place in the world, potlucks, book clubs, and true friends.