Wick, Lori

Confirmed bachelor William Jennings is left in charge of three young children when a relative dies, so he turns to his sister for help in caring for the little girl, and becomes interested for the first time in marriage, family, and God after meeting his sister's neighbor, Marianne.

Robert Weston, having left London in 1811 for the peace of the countryside, is amazed to find himself hustled into marriage after Anne Gardiner slips from a ladder into his arms and her father believes she has been compromised, but he comes to understand that she was trying to protect his reputation from her unstable parent, and the newlyweds soon find themselves drawn to each other and trusting God for love to grow.

Alexander Tate, temporarily blinded in a riding accident, retires to Collingbourne to rest and finds himself falling in love with Cassandra Steele, the unseen young woman who has volunteered to read to him during his convalescence, but their budding relationship is threatened when Cassandra, fearing Tate will find her looks lacking, begins to pull away.