One Step at a Time
Two best friends. One pilgrimage. A journey that changes everything.
Ally and Keira leave their everyday lives behind to walk the legendary Camino de Santiago, a 500-mile pilgrimage across northern Spain in search of healing and understanding. What begins as a spontaneous adventure soon becomes a test of endurance, faith, and the unbreakable bond between two women who are more like sisters than friends.
Along the way, they meet fellow pilgrims, each carrying their own burdens, joys, and perspectives on overcoming trauma and maintaining unwavering faith.
Through moments of laughter and silence, doubt, and unexpected grace, Ally and Keira confront what they have been holding onto and what they must finally let go. On a path walked by millions before them, they learn that sometimes healing doesn’t come from reaching the destination, but from trusting each step along the way.
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Book Excerpt
How we choose which emotions to face and which to run from is a strange phenomenon. Why do so many of us think running away or avoiding it is much easier than simply working through them? Anger, sadness, grief, and fear aren't meant to break us. I have learned that they can be transformed into strength, resilience, and determination if we allow ourselves to walk through them. The beauty is that our hearts and minds are more capable than we realize.
Reviews
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Beautiful Story of Friendship, Faith, and Finding Your Way Back to Yourself
One Step at a Time is one of those rare novels that stays with you long after you turn the final page. What I love most is that at its heart, it’s a story about friendship—the kind that doesn’t just walk beside you, but carries you when you can’t take another step. Corinne captures that truth with such tenderness and honesty that you feel it in your chest.
This book is also a testament to how faith—faith in God, in others, and in yourself—can guide you through even the hardest seasons of life. The main character’s journey isn’t just physical; it’s emotional and spiritual, a reminder that healing rarely happens all at once. Sometimes it really is just one step at a time.
And the writing… I was absolutely transported onto the Camino. Through Corinne’s vivid storytelling, I could see the golden sunsets stretching across the horizon, hear the laughter and late-night stories shared by pilgrims in the albergues, and smell the rain hitting the warm stones of the trail. Her scenes are so immersive that you feel the ache in your shoulders, the hope in your heart, and the quiet holiness of the path.
This book made me reflect, made me breathe, and made me grateful—for friendship, for resilience, and for the journeys that lead us back home.
A stunning debut.
One Step at a Time is a heartfelt, beautifully paced journey about two lifelong friends—Alley, steady and structured, and Kiera, a radiant free spirit—who set out together on the Camino pilgrimage in search of meaning, courage, and renewal. Along the winding path from France to Santiago, they are embraced by a warm, tight-knit family whose guidance deepens both the adventure and the emotional resonance of the story. Corrine Jensen blends friendship, faith, quiet romance, and personal growth into a moving novel that celebrates resilience and the transformative power of walking toward grace.