title: Hearthland Volume VI
author: Havig, Chautona
description: HearthLand is a serial novel released in episodes. Volume Six is a compilation of Episodes 31-36 and ends the series.
   Taking a step back in time–deliberately. After a trip to Walden Farm and an afternoon talking to Chad and Willow Tesdall, Ralph Myner caught a vision for what life could be like. Against the advice of his nephew, Ralph sinks his entire retirement account into an incredibly risky venture. Harlan Walker thinks his uncle has gone crazy. With the project in motion, all he can do is try to find people to invest their time, money, and even their lives into Ralph’s project before the man ends up broke and without means to survive. People come from all walks of life as they embrace a new world–the world of HearthLand.
  In Volume 6,
   lives in HearthLand have become fully intertwined. Annie is home and faith grows within her, but unexpected desires send her reeling and leave her ready to make even more changes in her life. Ralph is torn between reveling in the community he's brought together and realizing that there's more to life than work and success. Audrey and Zain have a thriving business, a growing family, and with newcomer, Stefan, more things to consider as everything changes. The Patrick family reels from new revelations and from more than one corner, pain surfaces and rocks their relationships. Kim finally confronts her fears and talks to someone about the troubles she has at work, but will the solution drive her and Justin apart? Births, deaths, and newly forged relationships knit HearthLand residents together in unexpected and expected ways. The question remains: Will their story continue through the eyes of a new resident, or is this the ultimate final chapter? Time will tell.