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

bed with a bowl of cool water and a stack of clean cloths. All night she wiped the child’s forehead, changed her damp blanket, murmured soft words, kept the fire going.

Caleb stood in the doorway, watching in silence.

Near dawn, Mia’s fever finally broke.

Ellie was so exhausted she could barely keep her eyes open, but when Mia reached for her hand, she continue reading …