Is a decade enough time to heal the jagged soul scars of Pattaya Beach? Pranom was just 13 when a greedy uncle forced her into Thailand’s infamous sex trade (And a Happy New You). Now a college graduate secure in the love of her adopted Portland family, she might actually dare to spend a year back at Bangkok Christian School as the new calculus teacher. On one condition: her kid sister Paloma comes along to be the only blond senior in the entire school.

Back in Asia, the kids are great. Her new church is great. Auntie Rachel and Uncle Khemkaeng are great. But there’s a new boyfriend Pranom’s not too sure about. All the risqué go-go bars are still going at full blast. And nobody knows where Uncle Viroj might be . . .

Oceans of Grace is a powerful concluding thriller about boundaries and Calvary forgiveness.

David B. Smith spent his childhood as a missionary kid in Thailand. His other major writing projects are the precursor sports-themed series, Bucky Stone Adventures (ten books) and a Christian sci-fi trilogy of time-travel stories, The Time Portal.

He is recently retired from his coveted job as a math professor at San Bernardino Valley College, and now lives in Newbury Park, California, where he enjoys gigs as a bass guitar player for nearby Christian praise teams.