When young and ambitious schoolteacher, Amelia Hawthorne, arrives in the dusty town of Lone Hollow, she is eager to begin her new life and make a difference in the lives of her students. But what she didn’t expect was the town’s current headstrong schoolteacher who not only refuses to leave his post but also disputes the claim that he had placed an advertisement for his replacement.
Harrison Craig yearns for a family to call his own. As a beloved teacher in town, he sets his sights on finding love through a mail-order bride advertisement. When a beautiful woman arrives, thinking she’s answering an ad for a teaching job, he’s unsure what to make of the misunderstanding and challenges her for the position. “Whoever can win over the town gets the job.”
The two clash at every turn, but when a young girl goes missing, they are forced to put aside their differences and work together to find her. Will they discover their differences tear them apart, or bring them closer together? Find out in this heartwarming historical romance where love and adventure collide.
Left at the mercy of an orphanage by her mother’s last breath, Lily Prescott is determined to reach Lone Hollow and uncover the truth about her father. With only a name etched on a slip of paper, she knows nothing of the man she’s never met. When the headmaster of the orphanage receives a proposal from the wealthy sawmill owner in town, seeking a mail-order bride for his son, she knows exactly who to send.
Cullen McCray is a man haunted by loss. With his first wife’s ghost a constant presence in his mind, he shuns the world, seeking solace alone in the mountains. But fate has other plans, and when tragedy strikes and his estranged brother, Clint, dies, Cullen is left to pick up the pieces and care for Clint’s young daughter. As he struggles to deal with his newfound responsibilities, a mysterious woman appears, claiming to be Clint’s fiancée and the future Mrs. McCray.
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