Fate has once again proven unkind.Ĭan Hope Springs work yet another miracle?įrom the USA Today bestselling author of the Longing for Home series, CHOICES OF THE HEART is set in the beloved world of Hope Springs. Their futures, however, do not lie along the same path or in the same destinations. And Burke, who has always guarded his heart, begins to wonder if there might be more to life than he has previously imagined. Burke knows he isn’t the success he’d always imagined he would be, and seeing it through the eyes of this newly arrived Society lady only drives that home.Īs Hope Springs begins to weave its magic, Sophie discovers more than she’d ever imagined, in both the town and its doctor.

And the resident doctor is a mystery as well. Now living in the home of a family friend, Sophie joins the lady on a journey to the tiny town of Hope Springs in Wyoming Territory. Life has not gone quite as either planned. Sophie Kingston, daughter of an influential East Coast family, was destined to be an important and beloved part of Baltimore Society. The paths of life that brought them together are destined to tear them apart.īurke Jones began his life as a nameless orphan, dreaming of one day being a renowned doctor with a home and family to call his own. being happy with the person you are is more important than pretending to be the person other people think you ought to be.” “You need to make the decision that is best for you-not for me, not for your family, but for you.” I enjoyed seeing Sophie and Burke’s relationship grow and evolve and their outlooks on life change. She also meets the doctor and a whole cast of other interesting and welcoming people. When Sophie arrives in Hope Springs, she finds an entirely differentĮnvironment than she is used to. Sophie Kingston, a Baltimore socialite who doesn’t fit in there, and Burke Jones, an orphan who longs to be a success in his doctoring, are the Eden is a master at creating realistic, layered, and engaging characters and plopping them in intriguing places and situations, then allowing them to grow and change for the better. Although this is a novella, it reads like a longer story and packs a lot of punch. It was so enjoyable to once again visit Hope Springs, Wyoming in Sarah M. “One can only endure so much rejection before one’s goal is to avoid it at nearly all costs.”

Hope Springs by Sarah M. Eden