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Counting Miracles: A Novel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of The Longest Ride and The Notebook comes an emotional, powerful novel about wondering if we can change—or even make our peace with—the path we’ve taken.

“Sparks is superb at what he does. The setting is postcard perfect. The characters are immensely likable. . . . This is a tidy miracle you can count on.”—The Washington Post

Tanner Hughes was raised by his grandparents, following in his grandfather’s military footsteps to become an Army Ranger. His whole life has been spent abroad, and he is the proverbial rolling stone: happiest when off on his next adventure, zero desire to settle down.  But when his grandmother passes away, her last words to him are find where you belong. She also drops a bombshell, telling him the name of the father he never knew—and where to find him.

Tanner is due at his next posting soon, but his curiosity is piqued, and he sets out for Asheboro, North Carolina, to ask around. He’s been in town less than twenty-four hours when he meets Kaitlyn Cooper, a doctor and single mom. They both feel an immediate connection; Tanner knows Kaitlyn has a story to tell, and he wants to hear it. To Kaitlyn, Tanner is mysterious, exciting—and possibly leaving in just a few weeks.

Meanwhile, nearby, eighty-three-year-old Jasper lives alone in a cabin bordering a national forest. With only his old dog, Arlo, for company, he lives quietly, haunted by a tragic accident that took place decades before. When he hears rumors that a white deer has been spotted in the forest—a creature of legend that inspired his father and grandfather—he becomes obsessed with protecting the deer from poachers.

As these characters’ fates orbit closer together, none of them is expecting a miracle . . . but that may be exactly what is about to alter their futures forever.

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Published Sep 24, 2024

384 pages

Average rating: 7.35

153 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Juju16luvs
Aug 12, 2025
10/10 stars
Amazing incorporation of love & the story of Job
LitERaryLady
Jul 22, 2025
5/10 stars
Found it to be very predictable, overall.
judersreads
Jul 13, 2025
3/10 stars
Light read about a former Army Ranger who journeys to NC to find his biological father after his grandmother died. There he meets a single woman, and falls in love.
Cindy Guinn
May 01, 2025
10/10 stars
Nicholas Sparks is back and just like that, I'm crying. What an incredible story that was both heartwarming and heartbreaking. I love how the author always connects all the characters and how this story unfolds. Sweet, touching, inspirational, riveting and complex. All words I would use to describe this story.
Bonus: the FMC is from Lexington, KY and says Go Wildcats. As a proud Lexingtonian, this was the best. I joke that after he stopped on his book tour here a few years ago and met me, he just had to write our city into his next book.
Yelrocj
Feb 06, 2025
8/10 stars
Heartwarming.

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