Gathered From the North
Part 3 of the Blooms of the Bitterbrush series
He survived the war, but he didn't come home whole. Hope of a ready-made family promises healing-until he learns the truth about his love's adopted baby. Beth Calloway has always longed for a family, but after a childhood marked by loss, she's learned to live quietly-typing reports at the Boise Foundling Home and keeping her heart carefully tucked away. Until one snowy night, a baby is left on her doorstep. With no room at the orphanage and no one else to help, she takes the risk…never expecting the handsome wounded soldier next door to take notice. Recently discharged from the army, Private Timothy McPhearson is a man on a mission. Haunted by his best friend's death during WWII, he's determined to uncover the truth-and escape the guilt that won't let him go. Falling for his grandmother's quiet tenant and the baby she's sheltering isn't part of the plan…but Beth and little Elly Rose begin to chip away at the walls he's built. Just as the three begin to imagine life as a family, a shattering revelation threatens to tear them apart. When the truth about baby Elly Rose comes to light-and danger closes in-Beth must fight to protect the child she's come to love…even if it means letting go of the man who's claimed her heart. A heart-tugging postwar romance of second chances, found family, and love worth risking everything for.