Synopses & Reviews
Katie Macauley gave up her lifelong dream of returning to Ireland in order to make a home for herself in Hope Springs, Wyoming, but her future has never been so uncertain.
Katie’s heart still remains sharply divided between playful Tavish and steady Joseph, though she feels ill-prepared to make a decision. Furthermore, the town is more divided than ever with both the Irish and the Reds stealing property, burning buildings, and endangering lives. In the midst of the growing unrest, temperatures drop quickly, too quickly, and Irish nightmares of famine and cold resurface as the little Wyoming town struggles to beat the harsh winter.
Katie makes one sacrifice after another to keep the peace and help see her loved ones through the difficult days ahead, but will her efforts be enough? Can the town make amends before their hatred consumes them all? And will Katie find the love she has been searching for as well as a home to call her own?
Volume 2 and the conclusion to the story of Longing for Home part of A Proper Romance series.
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"An intriguing mix of personal morality and social justice...Tenderly written."--Publishers Weekly
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"An engaging and heart-warming story."--Julianne Donaldson, bestselling author of Edenbrooke and Blackmoore
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"The protagonist's character development especially shines through in this series entry. Readers will root for her to find the happiness, love, and forgiveness for which she has always longed....Eden's heartwarming romance shows how having faith in oneself and in God can lighten burdens and heal hearts. Recommend for fans of historical or Western romance and those who have longed to find a place that finally feels like home."—Library Journal
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Utah Book Award Nominee 2014
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"A tender and heartwarming story of love, forgiveness, and belonging, that will have readers laughing, weeping, and sighing with pleasure...This story is not merely a tale of love. [it] brings a reminder of times past, when immigrants suffered in a country claiming freedom to all. With so many wanting to share the space, learning to get along would sometimes prove challenging. Eden captures that friction very well in her story...Characters [are] well drawn and easy to sympathize with...A stirring story."—Foreword Reviews
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IndieFab Award Winner Gold, Romance Adult Fiction
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IndieFab Award Finalist 2014 for Romance
Synopsis
Twenty-six-year-old Katie Macauley has placed all her hope in Hope Springs, a small town in the 1870 Wyoming Territory. But if she wants to return home to Ireland to make amends with her estranged family, she'll need to convince the influential Joseph Archer to hold true to his word and keep her on his payroll as his housekeeper despite her Irish roots. The town is caught in an ongoing feud between the Irish and the "Reds" the frontiersmen who would rather see all the Irish run out of town and the Irish immigrants who are fighting to make a home for themselves in the New World. When Joseph agrees to keep Katie on as his housekeeper, the feud erupts anew, and Katie becomes the reluctant figurehead for the Irish townsfolk. As the violence escalates throughout the town, Katie must choose between the two men who have been vying for her love though only one might be able to restore hope to her heart.
About the Author
Sarah M. Eden is the author of several well-received historical romances, including Whitney Award-finalists Seeking
Persephone and
Courting Miss Lancaster. Combining her obsession with history and an affinity for tender love stories, Sarah loves crafting witty characters and heartfelt romances. She happily spends hours perusing the reference shelves of her local library and dreams of one day traveling to all the places she reads about.
Book 1 of Longing for Home and the companion Book 2 is Hope Springs.