Martha's Medicine

She's spent her whole life taking care of everyone else. She never expected someone to notice she needed taking care of too.

Martha Whitaker knows how to make herself useful. On a wagon train headed west, there's always someone who needs feeding, comforting, mending—or a bit of medicine and a steady hand. Martha is good at looking after people, and she rarely stops long enough to wonder who might look after her.

Then one injured man begins paying attention.

Mr. Hall sees what everyone else takes for granted: the endless work Martha does, the needs she puts aside, and the quiet strength behind the woman who keeps everyone else going. And as Martha tends his injuries, he becomes determined to give something back.

But Martha has spent so long measuring her worth by what she can do for others that accepting someone's care may be harder than giving her heart.

On a journey where every mile brings another challenge, Martha is about to discover that the best medicine might be finding a man who sees her, values her—and refuses to let her carry everything alone.

Sometimes the caretaker needs someone to take care of her.