He was a teenager alone after his mother's death. She was a young girl from an impoverished home. Graham and Ellie arrive to work as the farmhand and housekeeper at the elegant Sunset Meadows farm estate under Estella Monroe. Embittered by a loveless first marriage, Estella controls the world around her, including her two young servants. Romance between the two is absolutely forbidden, yet as the decades pass Graham and Ellie's friendship deepens and affection simmers.
Can they break free to love each other despite Estella's efforts to keep them apart?
Inspired by a true life story, Then Comes Evening is a touching novel about finding companionship, faith, and forgiveness in the midst of harsh surroundings. Graham and Ellie's is a journey through love's elusiveness and its endurance.

DAVE WITMER is a writer, leader coach, musician, husband and father currently residing in Florida. He loves mountain mists and ocean sunrises. He enjoys jazz, a western saga, and a good conversation about life over a cup of coffee.