Danielle Alexander's life has suddenly turned upside down. On a wagon train to California to join her fiance, her father falls terminally ill. Add to that a motherless newborn half-breed baby boy dropped literally into her arms by a wise, ancient Indian chief, who wants her to be the baby's mother "just until" her fiance comes to rescue her. Throw in, for good measure, a heady attraction to a handsome stranger named Joel Riley now making his fortune in the untamed west by providing lumber from his sawmill. Danielle certainly has her hands full, and her truant fiance is the least of her problems.
It was 1895, and time for a change, thought Rebecca Rice. For thirteen years, Rebecca had suffocated under the social restraints of widowhood. She couldn't remember a time in her life when she hadn't done exactly what was expected of her. Until now.
Armed with a knowledge of nursing and faith healing that she had learned from a visiting missionary group, Rebecca headed for the hill country of southeastern Oklahoma, Indian Territory, to share her new vocation. But the clannish folk of the hill country, reared and groomed in suspicion and superstition, resent Rebecca's presence in their midst. Faced with such human conflicts as hate and ignorance, Rebecca must also struggle with tornados and floods. But her greatest adversary is the circuit-riding preacher, Zake Daniels, who fears Rebecca's teachings will threaten his hold on his flock.
"This story is one that will warm your heart, tickle your funny bone, and make you cry. 5 stars."-Romancing the Web Reviews
