The second book in the New Beginnings series is now available at the Kindle store!
When Raphaela von Hessen married her love,
Captain Johnathon Rosen on the ship that he captained, bringing them to
Texas, she had no idea what may lie in store. While she grew up
privileged, she felt very inferior to her captain’s sister when they
arrived on their ranch where Clara and her sons already lived. Clara
was a strong independent widow raising two sons in the rough terrain of
east Texas on her own. Now her brother brings home a girl half his age
and expects her to take her under her wing and teach her to be a tough
Texas rancher’s wife. She doesn’t know how to cook, sew, or garden.
All Clara could hope for was that she was a fast learner. Little did
Clara know when she saw the beautiful young Raphaela for the first time
how much the young woman would change her life. As Raphaela became her
friend and sister, Clara learned how much she was lacking in her own
life—the life now being improved and changed forever by her dear young
sister-in-law.
Raphaela had so much to learn and very little else to do on the ranch. Every month her hopes for a baby were dashed. To distract his beautiful wife from her empty arms that ached for a baby to hold, Johnathon took his wife across the state to Gonzales, Texas to visit family that she thought she might never see again. The trip was hard and long. They endured the dusty dry trail and then unending rain with no shelter, sickness and criminals. Would Raphaela be able to survive in Texas without her family? Would she ever be able to relieve the pain in her heart and fill her empty arms with a child? Or would her husband have to give up his ranch and move her closer to her family, just to see her smile again?
Raphaela had so much to learn and very little else to do on the ranch. Every month her hopes for a baby were dashed. To distract his beautiful wife from her empty arms that ached for a baby to hold, Johnathon took his wife across the state to Gonzales, Texas to visit family that she thought she might never see again. The trip was hard and long. They endured the dusty dry trail and then unending rain with no shelter, sickness and criminals. Would Raphaela be able to survive in Texas without her family? Would she ever be able to relieve the pain in her heart and fill her empty arms with a child? Or would her husband have to give up his ranch and move her closer to her family, just to see her smile again?
