Where the Road Bends by Rachel Fordham

As Norah King surveys her family land in Iowa in 1880, she is acutely aware that it is all she has left, and she will do everything in her power to save it--even if that means marrying a man she hardly knows. Days before her wedding, Norah discovers an injured man on her property. Her sense of duty compels her to take him in and nurse him back to health. Little does she realize just how much this act of kindness will complicate her life and threaten the future she's planned.

Norah's care does more than aid Quincy Barnes's recovery--it awakens his heart to possibilities. Penniless and homeless, he knows the most honorable thing he can do is head on down the road and leave Norah to marry her intended. But walking away from the first person to believe in him proves much harder than he imagined.

Rachel Fordham invites you to experience the strength and beauty of love forged in the crucible of hardship in this heartwarming story. 

My thoughts:

Ms. Fordham has penned a wonderful, heartwarming story that captured me from the very first chapter. I admired Norah King for her strength, courage and her drive to save her family land no matter the personal cost to her. It was impressive and yet not unexpected when she finds the injured Quincy Barnes on her property and takes him to her home to nurse him back to health. It was very risky for her, an unmarried woman in 1880 to do that, but that’s exactly what she did, even though she was to be married soon.

The main characters are fascinating, but the secondary characters are equally so.  There is just so much to love about this novel from the unforgettable characters, the amazing storyline to the easy flow of the writing.  I think fans of historical fiction should absolutely read this book as soon as possible, you won’t be disappointed.

I received a complimentary copy of this book.  All opinions are my own.