Promise of Spring
(2026)(A book in the Mail Order Brides of Idaho series)
A Story by Susannah Calloway
Sally Whitby leaves Virginia with nothing to her name—nothing but the memories she cannot escape. Not yet eighteen, she has known little beyond hardship and the quiet ache of being unwanted. When her adopted mother dies, Sally is left alone in the world, with only one fragile chance at a future: answering a rancher’s advertisement for a mail-order bride in Idaho Territory.
But the promise of a new beginning quickly unravels.
When Sally arrives in Bitterroot, no one is waiting for her. And at the ranch that was meant to be her home, she discovers her intended groom has already departed on a months-long cattle drive—without so much as a word. Left in the care of a sharp-eyed housekeeper and a reserved, quietly compelling ranch hand named Levi Anderson, Sally finds herself stranded in a life she doesn’t yet understand.
Determined to prove her worth, Sally struggles against the deep-rooted belief that she is easy to leave behind. Yet the more time she spends on the ranch, the harder it becomes to ignore the steady kindness—and growing closeness—of Levi.
When unexpected tragedy binds them together, Sally must decide if she has the courage to trust not only Levi, but the possibility that she is worthy of love after all.
In the rugged heart of the West, where nothing comes easily, Sally will face the greatest challenge of all—learning to stay when everything in her past has taught her to expect abandonment.
Genre: Inspirational
But the promise of a new beginning quickly unravels.
When Sally arrives in Bitterroot, no one is waiting for her. And at the ranch that was meant to be her home, she discovers her intended groom has already departed on a months-long cattle drive—without so much as a word. Left in the care of a sharp-eyed housekeeper and a reserved, quietly compelling ranch hand named Levi Anderson, Sally finds herself stranded in a life she doesn’t yet understand.
Determined to prove her worth, Sally struggles against the deep-rooted belief that she is easy to leave behind. Yet the more time she spends on the ranch, the harder it becomes to ignore the steady kindness—and growing closeness—of Levi.
When unexpected tragedy binds them together, Sally must decide if she has the courage to trust not only Levi, but the possibility that she is worthy of love after all.
In the rugged heart of the West, where nothing comes easily, Sally will face the greatest challenge of all—learning to stay when everything in her past has taught her to expect abandonment.
Genre: Inspirational
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