By Mistake
Oliver Hayes thought his future had ended before it had even begun.
At twenty-two, buried beneath rejection letters and mounting self-doubt, he reluctantly accepts what he believes is an internship at Fernbrook House, a struggling children's home. Instead, thanks to an administrative mistake, he's handed the keys and appointed manager.
Completely unprepared, Oliver is suddenly responsible for a home on the brink of closure, a staff who have every reason to doubt him, and children who've learned not to trust promises that adults rarely keep.
As he fights to save Fernbrook, Oliver forms an unexpected friendship with Finn, a quiet boy who treasures a collection of striped stones more than anything else, and crosses paths with Miri, a brilliant young lawyer whose generosity hides a past she cannot escape.
What begins as one young man's desperate attempt to keep an orphanage open becomes something far greater-a story of second chances, found family, forgiveness, and the difficult truth that doing the right thing is rarely the easiest choice.
Heartwarming, humorous, and deeply moving, By Mistake is a contemporary novel about ordinary people making extraordinary differences in one another's lives, proving that sometimes the greatest purpose arrives exactly where you never intended to look.