When the Heart Heals (Sisters at Heart Book #2)
A Novel
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
Courageous and unconventional, Rosemary Saxon served as a nurse during the Civil War, a service that has caused most women in town to regard her as unfeminine and downright vulgar. Although she would like to put her experiences as a nurse behind her, she must support herself. She takes a position with Dr. Elijah Stewart and a mutual attraction begins to develop. But when a sophisticated woman arrives in town claiming to be Elijah's fiancée, a heartbroken Rosemary decides to leave Noble Springs and start fresh. Can Elijah convince her of the mystery woman's deception before he loses her forever?
With tenderness and grace, Ann Shorey invites readers back to the town of Noble Springs, Missouri, for an engrossing story of love's tentative first steps and fragile future in the face of opposition. Readers will find in Rosemary a sympathetic but strong woman determined to thrive in a world that doesn't always understand.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Shorey (Where Wildflowers Bloom) continues her Sisters at Heart series with this tale of stubborn pride and prejudice. Rosemary Saxon hopes to use the nursing skills she learned during the Civil War to help the new doctor in Noble Springs, Missouri Elijah Stewart. When the doctor agrees, the pair build a professional relationship that could warm into a closer tie. Rosemary, however, faces harassment by an unknown villain, the doctor's animosity toward her herbal cures, his interference in her personal life, struggles with her temper, and a suitor who wants more than she's willing to give. Can Rosemary swallow her pride long enough to see the possibilities? Can Dr. Stewart see beyond his prejudices to open his mind? Is the mysterious woman who says she's the doctor's fianc telling the truth? Shorey plods through each scene with the efficacy of a tour guide, but the book lacks the depth that could have made it a true winner.
