title: Contagious Love
author: Bell, Ann
description: Edith Harkness Dutton feels the good old days are gone forever, and good reason. Despite the promise of Edith's joyous second marriage Roy Dutton in the autumn of her life, in this Montana hamlet is anything but blissful.
  
  A former standout highschool basketball star abuses his wife and is now stalking her despite a court-imposed restraining order...Edith's son, Bob Harkness, struggles desperately to save the family hardware store from bankruptcy only to watch it go up in flames...and Roy always seems more tired then he should.
  
  As these seemingly events entwine, Edith is drawn into a maelsrtom of emotions and needs. Never before have her unwavering faith and contagious love been in such demand.