Daddy's Little Matchmaker

A man looking for answers. Widower Alan Ridge wonders if Laurel Ashline, a weaver who's just arrived in Ridge City, Kentucky, can do what no doctor has: help his daughter, Louemma. He's skeptical about weaving as therapy but he'll do anything for Louemma. Her injuries resulted from the accident that killed her mother -- although Alan's never understood where his wife was going that icy winter day....

A woman looking for a home. Laurel Ashline's grandmother was from this small town, and Laurel has come here to claim her inheritance -- a cabin, plus forty acres -- and to begin her new life....

A child looking for a mother. Louemma Ridge wants three things: to get better, to unburden herself of a secret and, most of all, she wants a new mother. As her daddy soon finds out, she's chosen Laurel for the part....


reissued as Harlequin Heartwarming - Hearts Entwined