La Porte County Public Library System

A family promise and a lack of lady-like qualities have kept Merrill Krause single. When a chance at love appears, can she overcome the challenges?

Emmalyne Knox and Tavin MacLachlan were destined to be together... until the tragic deaths of Emmalyne's youngest sisters. Family tradition mandates that the youngest daughter should remain single to care for her parents in their old age, and now that daughter is Emmalyne. Her father unyielding, Emmalyne surrenders to her duty and calls off the wedding less than two months away, heartbroken. Tavin leaves town, equally devastated. Years later, Emmalyne's...