Historical fiction fans will enjoy these four stories from mid-nineteenth century Maryland, where days are tested by sorrow and renewed by hope. Award-winning author Loree Lough explores the time when the Maryland countryside was filled by ladies and gentlemen who struggled against the trials of their time--hard labor, poverty, war, and death. These four full-length romances show faith in action as lives are brought together in unusual ways: One couple's new romance is pulled apart by suspicion...strangers are brought together in a marriage of convenience...seven war orphans need a father figure...three children need a mother.