
Dr. Stephen Ambrose is a quiet man with a full patient roster, a cluttered clinic, and no time for nonsense. When he writes to Miss Mabel’s Matchmaking Service, he requests a steady, capable woman to help bring order to his practice—and maybe, in time, to his life. What he doesn’t need is a whirlwind in petticoats who talks to his patients more than he does and reorganizes his medical cabinet alphabetically. Della Tate arrives in Briar Ridge ready to be useful… just not in the way the doctor expects. She’s lively, optimistic, and absolutely not the calm, quiet helpmate he had in mind. But while Silas tries to keep things professional, Della has a way of making his small world feel bigger—and his lonely heart feel full. He asked for a cure. She might be the medicine he didn’t know he needed. And Miss Mabel? She prescribes laughter, faith, and a dose of unexpected love.