When the Meadow Blooms by Ann H. Gabhart

Just when I think Ann Gabhart has reached her peak, she exceeds my expectations! This is a wonderful story, set in the 1920s or thereabouts. Dirk Meadows, disfigured in a fire years ago, prefers to be alone. He’s been to college and writes for magazines in addition to taking care of the farm.

But, when he learns that Rose, his brother’s widow (whom he barely knows), is in a sanitarium with tuberculosis, he wants to take her in. He also finds out his nieces, Calla and Sienna, are in an orphanage. He’s determined to bring them all to Meadowland, his family farm. But, he doesn’t want to give up his privacy.

Dirk was injured and scarred in the fire, but his heart was also wounded by a girlfriend whom he intended to marry. She disappeared after the fire because her father didn’t want her to marry Dirk. At least that’s what Dirk had always thought. The promotional material for the book says he “guards his heart from being hurt.”

Because he’s spent years as a recluse, he has trouble adjusting to having the women around his house. He tries to avoid them, but first one and then a second one, and finally the third one win his heart. And the mystery about how the fire started and what happened to his old girlfriend is solved.

Like I said, it’s a great story. I highly recommend it.

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Check it out on Ann's website: https://www.annhgabhart.com/books/when-the-meadow-blooms/

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