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Edythe Amsel is delighted with her first teaching assignment a one-room schoolhouse in Walnut Hill Nebraska Independent headstrong and a strong believer in a well-rounded education Edythe is ready to open the world to the students in this tiny community But is Walnut Hill ready for her Joel Townsend is thrilled to learn the town council hired a female teacher to replace the ruthless man who terrorized his nephews for the past two years Having raised the boys on his own since their parents untimely deaths Joel believes they will benefit from a womans influence But he sure didnt bargain on a woman like Miss Amsel Within the first week she has the entire town up in arms over her outlandish teaching methods which include collecting leaves catching bugs making snow angels and stringing ropes in strange patterns all over the schoolyard Joel cant help but notice that shes also mighty pretty with her rosy lips fashionable clothes and fancy way of speaking When Edythe decides to take her pupils to hear Miss Susan Anthony speak on the womens suffrage amendment the towns outcry reaches new heights Even Joel isnt sure he can support her newfangled ideas any longer And if he cant trust her to know how to teach the boys how can he trust her with his heart.
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Award-winning, bestselling author Kim Vogel Sawyer is a wife, mother, gramma, chocolate-lover, cat-petter, and--most importantly--a daughter of the King! With more than 1.5 million books in print in seven different languages, Kim enjoys a full-time writing and speaking ministry. Her "gentle stories of hope" are loved by readers and reviewers alike. Kim and her retired military husband, Don, reside on the plains of Kansas, the setting for many of her novels.
