
Landy Wisdom was a survivor. Her formerhusband's abuse hadn't broken her spirit—no,she'd picked herself right up and helped run thelocal Underground Railroad for battered women.But when it came to love, Landy felt that thetrain had left the station. She'd built a wallaround her heart no man could breach…untiljournalist Micah Walker showed up and boughtthe hometown newspaper. For Micah, returning to small-town life was aculture shock. But it was more shocking to seehow things had changed for the local debutante.In high school Landy had seemed untouchable.Was she still? Micah would find out, as hepatiently, tenderly dismantled her defensesto reveal the warm, compassionate womanunderneath.…
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Retired from the post office, Liz Flaherty spends non-writing time sewing, quilting, and doing whatever else she wants to. She and her husband Duane live in the old farmhouse in North Central Indiana they moved to in 1977. They’ve talked about moving, but really…40-plus years’ worth of stuff? It’s not happening. It would require removing old baseball trophies from the attic and dusting the pictures of the Magnificent Seven, their grandchildren. Liz thinks one of the things that keeps you young when you quite obviously aren’t anymore is the constant chances you have to reinvent yourself.