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Book cover of Counting Miracles
Counting MiraclesNicholas Sparks

Characters in Counting Miracles

6 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Tanner Hughes

    A former Army Ranger who travels to Asheboro, North Carolina, to find the biological father he never knew.

  • Kaitlyn Cooper

    A doctor and single mother who forms an instant connection with Tanner.

  • Jasper Johnson

    An 83-year-old widower living alone in a cabin bordering Uwharrie National Forest with his dog Arlo, haunted by a house fire decades earlier that killed his wife and most of his children; becomes fixated on protecting a legendary white deer from poachers.