num_pages: 323
description: Two second-chance love stories hope across the centuries and the legacy that binds them together.Upon arriving at Kenworthy California mail-order-bride Juniper Cohen was met by the pounding of the gold mine the rowdiness of its prospectors and her greatest surprise of all: the love of the kind man who awaited her. But when the mine proves empty of profit and when Junipers husband vanishes doubt and discouragement are as prevalent as the pioneers fleeing this dwindling boomtown.As winter blows in Juniper pens a series of letters to her husband but fears she is waiting on a ghostor worse an outlaw. Carving out survival for her and her young daughter in a ghost town requires trusting in the kindness of a few remaining souls including the one who can unlock the mystery of her husbands disappearance.A century later trying to escape the heartache of his failed marriage Johnny Sutherland throws himself into raising his child and restoring a hundred-year-old abandoned farmhouse in Californias San Jacinto Mountains. While exploring its secrets he uncovers the letters Juniper wrote to her Dearest John and is moved by the handwritten accounts that bear his name. Having learned that truth and courage go hand in hand Johnny dares to love again and armed with lessons from the past a modern-day romance unfolds in the very same mountains that once held a love story that touched history.
language: English
title: The Gold in These Hills
publisher: Thomas Nelson