The Good Shepherd

Contemporary/Book club Fiction

A stolen lottery ticket sparks anonymous charity donations — and devastating moral fallout.

When Alex, a grieving son numbing himself with alcohol, and his artist girlfriend, Holly, claim a stranger’s winning lottery ticket, they begin funnelling the money into anonymous acts of charity, each marked by Holly’s small, distinctive illustrations.

As their anonymous good deeds begin to attract media attention, the emotional wounds driving them grow harder to ignore. Alex is haunted by the grief he’s spent years avoiding, while Holly wrestles with her fear of being left behind, rooted in her own history of loss and artistic insecurity. When the real ticket owner appears in the media claiming—without sufficient proof—that the jackpot was rightfully his, the couple must confront the moral weight of their deception and decide whether their relationship can survive a truth neither of them is ready to face.

Current Status: Out for Query