First published 2003
Will Parker arrives in a small Georgia town in 1941 with nothing but the clothes on his back and a criminal past he wants to forget. When he answers a newspaper advertisement placed by Eleanor Dinsmore, a pregnant widow desperate for help with her struggling farm, neither expects anything beyond a practical arrangement. Eleanor needs someone to work her land and help raise her children. Will needs a fresh start and honest work. But as autumn turns to winter and Pearl Harbor changes everything, their marriage of convenience transforms into something neither saw coming. While Will learns to care for Eleanor's young children and brings new life to the failing farm, Eleanor discovers that the quiet drifter she married possesses a gentle strength that heals old wounds. As America enters the war and Will faces the possibility of being drafted, both must decide whether their growing feelings are strong enough to overcome the secrets and fears that brought them together.
Genres: romance, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, adult-fiction
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: Georgia
Period: 1941
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