"A touching story."

Bachelor Nolan McKinnon, editor/owner of the Arroyo County Bulletin in Enchantment, New Mexico, is at his wit's end. What was his sister thinking to name him guardian of his 6- year-old niece when he knows nothing about kids? He hadn't even spoken to his sister since their mother died.

Accountant Kim Sherman comes to Enchantment and takes a job at the Birth Place. This gives her the opportunity to meet her grandmother Lydia, her only living relative. Of course, she'd never disrupt Lydia's life by letting her know who she is, since Lydia gave Kim's mother up for adoption when Lydia was only 16. Kim has allowed herself a year to get acquainted and that time is almost up.

Nolan and Kim are thrown together by Nolan's niece, Samantha. Kim adores the little girl and knows firsthand about losing a parent at a young age. Money problems at the Birth Place, the death of Nolan's sister and her baby son, and then the suicide of her husband, have left everyone devastated. Now Lydia is receiving threatening letters.

This touching story will tear at your heart for all the tragedy everyone goes through, and yet they're still able to find a silver lining.

Reviewed by Becky Rotz
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted December 10, 2003

Summary

Nolan McKinnon is shocked when he's named his niece's guardian. He knows nothing about taking care of a little girl—especially an orphan—but he still would have bet he knew more than Kim Sherman.

Kim's a newcomer to Enchantment—one who seems a little too determined not to get involved with anyone. But Nolan can't refuse help, even if it comes from a woman with secrets in her past....