Love Blooms

After a four-year stint in the Army, Brandon Thomas has returned to his family's farm outside of Captain's Point a changed man, his rich laugh and upbeat attitude seemingly gone forever. Despite efforts to help him, Bran continues to hold his troubles inside, his older brother Vern worries about Bran, and his sister-in-law Opal worries about both of them.

For three years, widowed Nora Adamson, a middle grade teacher in Captain's Point, has lived haunted by an overriding sense of guilt. Now,...