Welcome Reluctant Stranger (Between Two Worlds, #3)

Finalist, 2024 The Wishing Shelf Book Awards.
For years, questions plagued Leilani: Where is her father, and why was the rest of her family forced to flee their country when she was nine ? But now, all she wants is to dedicate herself to healing people, like her father did.

When she rescues Justin?a drunk computer nerd nursing a breakup?who was being assaulted by thugs on a deserted street, she remembers acquiring her dead aim as a child, and realizes she can't run away from the past, Not long after, she's devastated to learn her family abandoned their privileged Pacific island life because her father was a key figure in a deadly political web.

Is her father still alive? Is he a hero or a villain? With Justin's help, she searches for her long-lost father. But can she forgive him? And can she reconnect with her roots and be at peace with who she is?a foiled assassin's daughter?

A standalone novel, Welcome Reluctant Stranger is Book 3 in the family saga Between Two Worlds (BTW) about three strong women coping with contemporary social and family issues.