Where the Heart Is

Homestead, Idaho Territory, 1880, is the kind of place where families gather together for church picnics and barn dances, where neighbors help each other through good and bad, the kind of place where a woman with no home and no kin, like spinster Addie Sherwood, could make a fresh start. Within days of her arrival to become the town's first schoolteacher, Addie receives a marriage proposal from rancher Will Rider.

The first in Robin Lee Hatcher's Americana series, Where the Heart Is introduces readers to the residents of 1880s Homestead, Idaho. Schoolteacher Addie Sherwood--recently released from a loveless marriage of convenience--is astonished to receive a proposal from handsome Homestead rancher Will Rider. While Will is everything that she desires in a man--strong, intelligent, and kind--Addie must be sure of Will's love for her if they are to have a real chance at happiness. Readers will enjoy Addie and Will's story so much they'll be anxious to read the subsequent books in the series: Remember When, Forever Rose, and Kiss Me, Katie. Hatcher writes lovingly of her home state and the endearing residents of Homestead will stay in the hearts of readers long after the last page is turned. --Maudeen Wachsmith