Restore the Joy

Only someone like plain old Emily Carson-rootless, alone ,and miserably vulnerable-might see the possibilities inthe old Victorian mansion she discovered half-buried by over a hundred years' worth of lush south Georgia underbrush. Hiding away in the backwoods, she hopes to keep her secret to herself. But Emily doesn't reckon on the likes of Simon Balfour, owner of a construction firm specializing in period home restoration, who sees beyond her ordinary features to the inner beauty just waiting to be revealed.

When a title dispute arises over the old mansion, triggered by rumors of a missing will, Emily is ready to fight the alleged owner and Simon, too. But how can she fight her growing love for the kind of Christian man who has taken her under his wing? And how can she believe that someone like Simon-or the Lord, for that matter-could ever love "plain old Emily?"