Will Hopkins’s new housekeeper is the prettiest young woman he’s ever seen — and that’s the problem. Will thought Abigail Stewart would be a middle-aged matron, well-suited to hardscrabble prairie life. Even if his young sons are entranced by her wholesome kindness, his only option is to send Abby back east. For the sake of propriety … and his guarded heart.
Answering the newspaper advertisement was Abby’s chance of escape from her unhappy home. But now her employer has turned out to be a rugged widower instead of a widow. A marriage in name only will allow her to remain long enough to find another job. Or until a misunderstanding becomes the means to a second-chance family …