Rooted Home (Finding home, #3)
Description
What if the home you build is nothing like the one you came from?
Mike never thought he'd get another shot at love, but Sophie changes everything. In a sun-drenched Myrtle Beach, their blended family begins to take root?one laugh, one late-night talk, one quiet moment at a time. But just as life feels steady, an unexpected surprise turns their world upside down.
With Dylan preparing to leave for college, Ava growing into her spirited middle school self, and a new baby on the way, Mike must confront the ghosts of his past to become the man his family needs. Rooted Home is a deeply emotional story of second chances, growing together, and the bonds that make a house a home.
Sometimes the strongest roots are the ones you choose to plant.
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Person
Michael Slabicki crafts fiction with the precision of a poet and the soul of a witness?drawing from a life shaped by geography, movement, and deep human observation. Born in upstate New York and raised across the United States as the son of a military family, he absorbed the quiet rhythms of small towns, the solitude of northern woods, the weight of southern skies, and the intimacy of place. Now rooted in South Carolina, his stories bear the layered textures of every landscape he's called home.
His work defies formula, yet always returns to the core of what makes a story matter: people. With emotional honesty and immersive detail, Michael writes characters who are flawed but faithful, weary but still reaching?individuals whose journeys echo the reader's own. Whether unfolding through a slow-burning romance, a quiet redemption, or a deep spiritual reckoning, his narratives feel lived-in and quietly revelatory.
Slabicki's prose is unhurried but relentless, inviting readers not only to feel, but to reflect?to linger in moments that most writers rush past. He doesn't just tell stories. He builds lives, moment by moment, with a rare steadiness and conviction that is felt long after the final page.
