In the quiet hollows of a dying Appalachian town, a guarded nurse and a grieving teacher must decide if a second chance at love is worth the risk.After losing her fiancé in the Great War, nurse Bethany Astor swore she'd never risk her heart again. But when the Red Cross sends her to the struggling mountain town of Laurel Ridge, Tennessee, she meets a schoolteacher whose pain mirrors her own. As she uses her skills to heal his injured leg, Bethany discovers...

In the rugged mountain town of Laurel Ridge, a nurse who longs for love and a doctor determined never to love again must decide how long duty can hold out against the heart.After years of giving her heart to men who called her too much, nurse Sophia Bell has nearly given up on love. When the Red Cross sends her to Laurel Ridge, she immediately falls for the kind yet guarded Dr. Matthew Lawson—except he doesn't seem to return her affection. So she spends the next five months convinc...

In the rugged Montana Territory, a Boston socialite's bid for freedom collides with a rancher's quest for a family.According to Boston’s elite society, Ella Mountbatten has it all: status, prestige, and a bright future. What they don’t know is that her life as a socialite has become a gilded cage of abuse and oppression under the control of her cruel fiancé and domineering parents. Desperate to escape, Ella flees Boston and seeks refuge in the small town o...

A buried secret in Harmony Springs could cost a pastor and a teacher their careers—and their second chance at love.Lydia Jefferson buried her dreams long before the death of her husband. Now she’s locked her heart to men for good. In Harmony Springs, she’s finally found freedom from the shameful failure and loss of her past—until her childhood sweetheart arrives to be the new pastor.Samuel Allen never thought he’d love again, not after his fiancée walked ou...

She wants the freedom to practice medicine, and he needs a wife. But their bold escape from Boston’s high society rests on a marriage vow neither intended to make real.Victoria Mountbatten has fought hard to earn her medical degree, but her powerful father uses his influence to block any doctor from hiring her. Faced with an ultimatum—marry a society gentleman or face disinheritance, Tori sees only one path to freedom. She makes a bold proposition to Dr. Harrison B...