Anna Huckabee

Fall, 1941Agatha Stuart is 30 years old, well established in Old Maid territory with no prospects on the horizon. She wants to be content with her life as it is - job as postmistress and living at home with her parents, but she isn't. She longs for more.Wyatt Morrison took over as lighthouse keeper from his father, Bart. Now, with war looming on the horizon, his responsibilities are expanding. Meanwhile, he's watching his father's health decline and he has no one to help him look after the aging man. Agatha has known Wyatt all her life, but hasn't given him the time of day since she gave him a bloody nose as a kid. Agatha and Bart form an unlikely bond over stories he shares with her from his past. Meanwhile, Wyatt and Agatha are forced to spend time together and Agatha finds she's been too quick to judge this quiet, gentle man.Will war destroy their budding relationship? Or will Wyatt be able to tell Agatha how much he cherishes their relationship - before it's too late?

Annie Petit has finally earned her teaching certificate, but it took two years longer than expected. With the Great Depression in full swing, Annie knows she has little chance of finding a teaching position. She answers an advertisement for the position of governess and discovers five children in need of a mother. Every day she spends with them, she grows to love them more.Dr. Coren Winslow lost his wife in childbirth. Now he has become domineering and overprotective, refusing to chance losing anyone else. The governess his sister hired to teach his children challenges his rules at every turn. Little by little, as Coren relaxes control, he finds he needs Annie as much as his children do. When his sister leaves for home, he asks Annie to marry him.Annie agrees to marry Coren, knowing full well he may never learn to love her. She also knows she is falling in love with him. Dare she hope that Coren is beginning to feel the same for her? Or is she doomed to spend the rest of her life in a loveless marriage? Is there any way Coren will ever learn to love Annie?

Fall 1918. The Great War is raging in Europe.American soldier, Jack Collins, is burned when he drags a dying friend into a mustard gas-filled trench. He spends the next agonizing weeks in one army hospital after another. As day after painful day passes, he loses hope that he'll ever lead a normal life.In New England, Meg longs to do her part to help in the war effort, but caring for her elderly grandmother takes up all her time. Her aunt and uncle make arrangements for her to volunteer in a nearby hospital where she meets Jack. Jack doesn't think he will ever walk again - but he isn't counting on Meg's determination to help him, or on falling in love with this remarkable woman. The day finally comes when Jack can go home. Meg fears he'll leave her forever. Will Jack follow through on all he has been promising Meg?