A captivating story novel based on life-changing true events.

It's 1988. Cline Lyle is working construction near Bryce Canyon the day he buys a birthday cake, and everything changes. Cline has the decorations, the presents, and the birthday candles — but where's the guest of honor? After the police find an abandoned vehicle in a field outside of town, a close family member becomes what Cline feared most...a missing person. Over the next two years, Cline faces one challenge after another as he searches for a missing loved one, deals with a heartbroken father hanging on by a thread, and falls in love with a young woman he can't let go. But can romance happen in the midst of a storm? And the Lonely Candles — who are they for? Based on the inspiring true story of adventure, hope, romance, and redemption, the journey of one young man shows how God is ever-present and capable of moving mountains in the most impossible circumstances.