Beyond the Border

She crossed the border to save lives. She never expected the man ordered to stop her would become the one person she couldn't leave behind.Emma Johnson came to the edge of North Korea carrying medicine, a silver compass, and a faith she wasn't sure she still understood.Once, Emma believed prayer could change anything. Then a little girl named Amina died despite every prayer Emma prayed, leaving behind a question she has never been able to answer: Where is God when the miracle doesn't come?Now, on a humanitarian mission that goes dangerously wrong, Emma finds herself trapped inside one of the most secretive nations on earth-and face-to-face with Ri Jun-ho, a North Korean security officer trained to recognize people like her as the enemy.Jun has spent his life following orders.He has arrested believers. Silenced questions. Looked away when people disappeared. And years ago, when his younger sister chose a faith he could not understand, he failed to save her.But Emma is unlike anyone he has encountered.And when protecting her forces Jun to question everything he has been taught about loyalty, truth, and God, one dangerous decision becomes another.Soon, they are running from the very system Jun once served.Across mountains and frozen roads. Through underground churches and prison cells. Toward a border neither knows if they will live to cross.And somewhere between suspicion and sacrifice, something neither of them planned begins to grow.Love.But freedom will demand a price.And before Emma and Jun can discover whether there is a life for them beyond the border, they must confront the question that has followed them both: Can grace reach a woman who stopped believing in miracles-and a man who once persecuted the people who did?Beyond the Border is a sweeping Christian romantic suspense novel about forbidden love, persecution, forgiveness, courage, and the kind of faith that survives when God doesn't answer the way we hoped.Perfect for readers who love high-stakes romance, faith-filled fiction, international suspense, redemption stories, and emotionally powerful novels that stay with you long after the final page.