Granted

Naomi has spent her whole adult life building a case for herself - thorough, prepared, right. As an attorney, she's learned that being necessary is safer than being known. But a year after the case that first cracked her heart open and led her back to Mercy Hill Baptist Church, Naomi finds herself unexpectedly drawn to Malcolm Reeves - the steady, unhurried owner of the Sea Island Table, whose Caribbean-Southern kitchen has quietly become the heart of the community he serves.

What begins as an easy, unexpected courtship soon leads to marriage - and to a longing neither of them anticipated carrying so heavily: the desire for a child. Naomi's faith, rebuilt from the ground up, is tested in the waiting room of infertility, in the ache of a miscarriage, and in every quiet Sunday spent watching other families hold what she still prays for.

Anchored in Hannah's raw, honest prayer from 1 Samuel - "I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him" - Granted is a story about the specific faith it takes to keep showing up in a season with no promised timeline. It's about learning that grace was never something to earn, and that hope doesn't require certainty to be real.

For every woman still waiting, still praying, still hoping - this one is for you.

"Morant writes the ache of waiting with unflinching honesty - Naomi's story sits inside Hannah's ancient prayer as if it were written yesterday."