No one is more surprised than Sunny Licht when Noah Whitmore proposes. She's an unwed mother-an outcast in her small Quaker community. But she can't resist the Union soldier's offer of a fresh start. Noah is determined that Sunny and her baby want for nothing…except the love that war burned out of him. Yet Sunny makes him hope once more for the family he never thought he'd find.
The Baby Bequest
Getting married is the only way for Sophie Tanner to protect her younger brother and keep her family's Smoky Mountain farm. She'd like Nathan O'Malley to be the groom, but he can't seem to get past their friendship…or their differences. Nathan always thought he'd fall in love with someone like himself-sensible and levelheaded. Sophie is his polar opposite. So why can't he picture anyone else at his side? The moment schoolteacher Ellen Thurston discovers a baby boy outside her door, it's love at first sight. While the townsfolk don't approve of Ellen as a single mother, what worries her most are her feelings for Kurt Lang, the handsome farmer who defends her. Kurt knows how hard it is to raise a child alone, and he'll do whatever it takes to help make Ellen's dream of a family come true.
