What Heals the Heart

<p><strong>Can they help each other heal?</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>Then two newcomers arrive in Cowbird Creek: Clara Brook a plain-speaking and yet enigmatic farmer’s daughter and Freida Blum an elderly Jewish widow from New York. Freida knows just what Joshua needs: a bride. But it shouldn’t be Clara Brook!</p><p>Joshua tries everything he can think of to discourage Freida’s efforts including a wager: if he can find Freida a husband she’ll stop trying to find him a wife. Will either matchmaker succeed? And is it Clara despite her own scars who can heal the doctor’s troubled heart?</p>