Though Mary Yoder longs to marry someday, she finds caring for her community’s injured and sick is much easier than courting. But when Englischer Clay Markham crashes his car nearby, Mary’s nursing shows her his hidden wounds are more painful than his injuries. Though she’s irresistibly drawn to his kind nature, can she risk letting him into her heart?
Miriam’s world is at a crossroads. Her parents never intended to force her into marriage, yet their strong encouragement to wed Adam Stutzman, the son of their close friends, led her to reluctantly agree. Despite only having faint memories of Adam from childhood, she consented to the union. However, upon reacquainting with him, Miriam is engulfed in despair rather than the joy she hoped for…
Tillie Waller finds her life’s purpose in molding young minds as a teacher in Ellis Creek in the late-1890s. While she claims contentment, there is a part of her that longs to marry and be a mother, like her sister, Meredith, and best friend, Lula. But no matter. With her students and books, how could she ever be lonesome?
