Joanne Bischof
Nightâ€™s chill tickled her skin. Lonnie pressed her hands together and glanced up. He was even more handsome up close. Having grown up the shy, awkward daughter of Joel Sawyer, sheâ€™d hardly spoken to any boy, let alone the one who had mothers whispering warnings in their daughterâ€™s ears and fathers loading shotguns.,Â ,Pretty Lonnie Sawyer is shy and innocent, used to fading into the background within her family, and among the creeks and hollows of the Appalachian hills. Though her family is poor and her father abusive, she clings to a quiet faith.Â  But when handsome ladiesâ€™ man and bluegrass musician Gideon Oâ€™Riley steals a kiss, that one action seals her fate.Â  ,Â ,Her father forces her into a hasty marriage with Gideonâ€”a man she barely knows and does not love. Equally frustrated and confused by his new responsibilities, Gideon yearns for a fresh start, forcing Â Lonnie on an arduous journey away from her home in Rocky Knob. ,Â ,Her distant groom canâ€™t seem to surrender his rage at the injustice of the forced matrimony or give Lonnie any claim in his life.Â  What will it take for Gideon to give up his past, embrace Lonnieâ€™s God, and discover a hope that can heal their two fractured hearts?,Â ,Gideon only ever cared about himself. Now that Lonnie is his wife, will he ever be worthy of her heart?
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