Heart of Gold by Robin Lee Hatcher, is an excellent book that I thoroughly enjoyed reading. It is set in Idaho Territory during the Civil War. Shannon Adair and her father have come to Grand Coeur to pastor the church there. Matthew Dubois is a Well Fargo stagecoach driver who has taken an office position in Grand Coeur so that his widowed sister, Alice, and nine year old nephew, Todd, can come live with him. Shannon and her father have left their beloved home in Virginia and Shannon resents having to leave the nursing that she had been doing with the wounded Confederate soldiers. Alice knows that she is dying of cancer and Shannon volunteers to be a nurse and companion for her. As Alice gets to know Shannon, she begins to hint to Matthew that he needs to take a wife – someone like Shannon.
Will Shannon be able to put aside her feelings about Yankees and come to care for Alice, Matthew and Todd? Will Matthew win Shannon’s heart or will one of the Southern men in town woo her? Will Matthew decide to give up driving the stage and settle down? Read this book and find out! I think you’ll like it as much as I did.
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