The Love Waiting for the Bride
(2026)(The first book in the Healing Hearts of Texas series)
A novel by Kat Lynne
Her intended groom was gone, but fate had not finished writing her love story.
Widowed before the birth of her daughter, Dorothy longs to build a secure future for baby Ella. When a compassionate Texas farmer proposes through their letters, she leaves her family in Raleigh and boards a train for Sunrise Ridge, trusting that a stranger can become the husband she needs.
But when Dorothy arrives in dusty Sunrise Ridge, no eager groom is waiting at the station. Instead, she learns that Peter Boyd died in a tragic accident only weeks before her journey. Stranded far from home, Dorothy accepts shelter from Peter’s guilt-ridden best friend, Gary Quinn, and his warmhearted sister.
As days pass, Dorothy’s kindness fills the farmhouse with life. Ella’s smiles soften Gary, and his steady care makes Dorothy wonder whether love can appear where she never expected. Yet the train that will carry her east is coming soon.
To keep the family forming beneath his roof, Gary must reveal his darkest secret—and Dorothy must decide whether opening her heart again is a betrayal or the answer to every prayer she carried west.
Two grieving hearts. One unexpected home. A second chance neither dared to seek.
Genre: Inspirational
Widowed before the birth of her daughter, Dorothy longs to build a secure future for baby Ella. When a compassionate Texas farmer proposes through their letters, she leaves her family in Raleigh and boards a train for Sunrise Ridge, trusting that a stranger can become the husband she needs.
But when Dorothy arrives in dusty Sunrise Ridge, no eager groom is waiting at the station. Instead, she learns that Peter Boyd died in a tragic accident only weeks before her journey. Stranded far from home, Dorothy accepts shelter from Peter’s guilt-ridden best friend, Gary Quinn, and his warmhearted sister.
As days pass, Dorothy’s kindness fills the farmhouse with life. Ella’s smiles soften Gary, and his steady care makes Dorothy wonder whether love can appear where she never expected. Yet the train that will carry her east is coming soon.
To keep the family forming beneath his roof, Gary must reveal his darkest secret—and Dorothy must decide whether opening her heart again is a betrayal or the answer to every prayer she carried west.
Two grieving hearts. One unexpected home. A second chance neither dared to seek.
Genre: Inspirational
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