Her Father Forced Her to Marry a Widowed Man in the Mountains — But She Never Expected to Find a Place She Could Truly Call Home

as an intruder.

But Ellie had a heart that didn’t know how to give up on people.

So she kept trying.

One afternoon she baked cookies, even though the first batch came out too dark around the edges. She set them gently on the table and smiled at Mia and Ben.

Mia stared at the plate.

“You’re not our mother,” she said coldly.

Ben stepped back and hid behind continue reading …