num_pages: 320
description: Widowed by war Maura OConnor has raised her son alone under the weight of poverty in the unforgiving slums of New York City. That harsh and difficult life has taken a toll on them both. Desperate to save her son from the misery around them she moves them both to the tiny western town of Hope Springs where her late husbands family lives hoping that the decade of silence between them does not mean she and Aidan will be rejected outright. Her son needs family and she would endure anything to see him happy.Ryan Callaghan has worked the land belonging to the late Granny Claire for years dreaming of one day claiming it as his own. Living in his brothers home affords him no freedom no stability no joy. The arrangement is even harder on his mother whose health is quickly deteriorating. A risky investment in the land has finally begun to pay off and he is at last in a position to secure a better future for them both. When use of the home is without warning offered to a newly arrived widow and her son that future is entirely uncertain.Both Maura and Ryan desperately need the Claire farm for their own futures as well as those of the loved ones who depend on them. Neither can remain in Hope Springs without the house and land but only one can claim it in the end.Longing for Home Series:Longing for HomeHope SpringsMy Dearest LoveLove RemainsLong Journey Home
language: English
title: Long Journey Home
publisher: Mirror Press