After inheriting a small-town general store, seventeen-year-old Libby Watson—with her father and siblings—moves to Edgewood, Illinois, to become the town's postmistress, quickly becomes caught up in the lives of its residents, and finds herself with two ardent suitors

Able to let go of some of her responsibilities for the first time, small-town newspaper writer Libby Watson is swept up in the lives of her friends and family members before she comes into her own in the arms of a special man. Original.

Libby and Ike's dream of starting their family is overshadowed by Libby's inability to become pregnant and Ike's new job with the railroad, and while she wishes for the baby that eludes her, Libby hopes to become a published writer. Original.