What Heals the Heart: 1 (Cowbird Creek`)

Can they help each other heal?Joshua Gibbs survived the Civil War building on his wartime experiences to become a small town doctor. And if he wakes from nightmares more often than he would like only his dog Major is there to know it.Then two newcomers arrive in Cowbird Creek: Clara Brook a plain-speaking and yet enigmatic farmers daughter and Freida Blum an elderly Jewish widow from New York. Freida knows just what Joshua needs: a bride. But it shouldnt be Clara Brook!Joshua tries everything he can think of to discourage Freidas efforts including a wager: if he can find Freida a husband shell stop trying to find him a wife. Will either matchmaker succeed? And is it Clara despite her own scars who can heal the doctors troubled heart?