When the Heart Heals
February 23rd, 2013. Filed under: This & That.
When the Heart Heals
Sisters at Heart – #2
By Ann Shorey
Readers are invited to travel back to 1867, to the town of Noble Springs, Missouri, for an engrossing story of love’s tentative first steps and fragile future in the face of opposition. With tenderness and grace, Ann Shorey tells the story of Rosemary, a sympathetic but strong woman determined to thrive in a world that doesn’t always understand.
Courageous and unconventional, Rosemary Saxon served as a nurse during the Civil War, a service that has caused most women in town to regard her as unfeminine and downright vulgar. Although she would like to put her experiences as a nurse behind her, she must support herself. She takes a position with Dr. Elijah Stewart and a mutual attraction begins to develop. But when a sophisticated woman arrives in town claiming to be Elijah’s fiancée, a heartbroken Rosemary decides to leave Noble Springs and start fresh. Can Elijah convince her of the mystery woman’s deception before he loses her forever?
ISLAND BREEZES
The Civil War left many with hearts that needed healing. Rosemary was one, as well as many others in Noble Springs.
Rosemary served as a nurse during the war. Nursing was not looked upon as a noble profession back then. Rosemary’s choices left her with precious few friends, so why would she want to become Dr. Stewart’s nurse?
It definitely wasn’t because she was trying to snag a husband. It was food on the table, pure and simple.
It appears that winning the hearts of the town’s people will be a long, hard battle.
***A special thank you to Donna Hausler for providing a review copy.***
Ann Shorey is the author of Where Wildflowers Bloom, The Edge of Light, The Promise of Morning, and The Dawn of a Dream. She has also published selections in the Cup of Comfort series and in Chicken Soup for the Grandma’s Soul. Ann and her husband make their home in southwestern Oregon.
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Available February 2013 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
March 12th, 2013 at 22:26
Thank you for reviewing When the Heart Heals! I’m so glad you enjoyed the story. 🙂
March 13th, 2013 at 19:09
I’ve not read any of your books that I didn’t really enjoy.