Spanning generations and landscapes—from the peaceful waters of upstate New York to the golden fields of Montana—
Bound In Arms
is a poignant novel about love, war, loss, and the fragile threads that bind a family together. It is the story of the quiet battles we fight within, and the ones we win by choosing to feel again.
In the small town of Alexandria Bay, New York, Brooklyn Cassidy is just trying to stay afloat—grieving her mother, navigating her father Dallas's alcoholism, and leaning on her lifelong best friend, Chase Knight, the one person who keeps her steady. But when World War III erupts and Chase is drafted, Brooklyn loses the anchor she's depended on her whole life, and her world begins to mirror the collapse her father once lived through.
Told in alternating timelines, Dallas Cassidy's story unfolds decades earlier in Big Sky, Montana, where a young Marine falls in love with Josie Hagen, the woman who changes the course of his life. His chapters trace a love marked by war, marriage, heartbreak, and the quiet unraveling that follows devastating loss. As Brooklyn grows closer to her father in the present day, she begins to uncover his past piece by piece, discovering how profoundly their stories intertwine.