Hope for the Morrow

I tried so many places to obtain this book which apparently was out of print, but finally was able to buy one through the mail. It was certainly worth waiting for! Lizzie has already lost one husband to an accident, and her second husband has suffered severe brain damage and now has the mind of a child. Yet, she feels eternally married, and dares not allow her feelings to go beyond friendship and neighborliness for Brad, the widower who is raising his girls alone. Yet, as smallpox spreads through their community, many key players die, and Lizzie is forced to depend on Brad to save her life and her family...and the ensuing developments sorely try her faith in God. Yet, being the strong prairie woman of faith that she is, she is able to regain her health and find happiness in a quite unique manner. I found this book to definitely be Feldhake's best of this series so far, and I am now reading book 5.