Strong, resilient, and deeply loyal, Dottie Connell farms her family's three hundred acres in rural Ohio alone, having sacrificed love and family for land she does not own. A sudden, inexplicable event leaves the daughter of her childhood friend in her care.ÿ Pressured by her community to allow her former fianc‚ to raise the child, Dottie must face the past she has worked fifteen years to forget. Winner of the 2006 Christy Award & <IT>Christianity Today<RO> Book Award. Named Best Christian Fiction by <IT>Library Journal<RO>.