![]() It fact, the storyline involving Ben and Lyda Mullins – the town’s shopkeepers – is even more poignant, and made this reader cry. However, Rachel and Rand are not the only substantial characters, nor is their plot the only one key to the novel. ![]() Within My Heart is, primarily, the love story of Mrs. Alexander’s work has been repeatedly recognized by the Christy Awards for Christian fiction, and Within My Heart received a nomination for the historical romance category. Though characters from previous books have cameos in this third novel, readers need not be familiar with the other stories. Largely inhabited by Italian laborers and disillusioned Southerners who emigrated West following the Civil War, Timber Ridge is a collection of ranches, small-town businesses, and a fancy new resort most locals can only gawk at. Review: Within My Heart is the third installment in Tamera Alexander’s Timber Ridge series, which focuses on a 19th-century frontier town in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Rachel finds herself increasingly involved with the town’s doctor, Rand Brookston, as the two struggle to help a mutual friend who is facing a serious illness. Managing becomes more difficult, however, as harsh winters claim livestock, outstanding debts continue to grow, and Rachel’s youngest son Kurt becomes both distant and unmanageable. Summary: Still mourning the violent death of her late husband Thomas, Rachel Boyd struggles to support herself and her two sons on the Colorado cattle ranch that had been his dream. ![]()
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