An arranged marriage. An unwelcome situation. And something unexpected that grows between them.
Matthew Hale has spent a year proving himself worthy of his father's legacy, building a freight depot at the remote Silver Mine Outpost with nothing but grit, a loyal crew, and a looming deadline. His inheritance and his future depend on two things: finishing what he started, and marrying the woman his father chose for him.
Eleanor Whitfield has been taking care of herself since she was sixteen, teaching at a small one-room school. When unwelcome advances cost Eleanor her teaching position and her last means of supporting herself, she has nowhere left to turn but to the man she's been promised to since childhood—the son of her late father's closest friend.
But when Eleanor arrives just ahead of the first snow, neither of them is prepared for what they find. Matthew doesn't recognize the woman standing before him, and Eleanor recognizes him all too well—and wishes she could run the other way.
If they can't bridge the gap between who they were and who they are now, Eleanor will be left with nowhere to go, and Matthew will lose everything, including the heart of the woman he's come to love.
Genre: Inspirational
Matthew Hale has spent a year proving himself worthy of his father's legacy, building a freight depot at the remote Silver Mine Outpost with nothing but grit, a loyal crew, and a looming deadline. His inheritance and his future depend on two things: finishing what he started, and marrying the woman his father chose for him.
Eleanor Whitfield has been taking care of herself since she was sixteen, teaching at a small one-room school. When unwelcome advances cost Eleanor her teaching position and her last means of supporting herself, she has nowhere left to turn but to the man she's been promised to since childhood—the son of her late father's closest friend.
But when Eleanor arrives just ahead of the first snow, neither of them is prepared for what they find. Matthew doesn't recognize the woman standing before him, and Eleanor recognizes him all too well—and wishes she could run the other way.
If they can't bridge the gap between who they were and who they are now, Eleanor will be left with nowhere to go, and Matthew will lose everything, including the heart of the woman he's come to love.
Genre: Inspirational