Healing Hearts

Miriam steps off the stage, ready to begin her new job as a nurse. gideon meets her, ready for a wedding. With embarrassment on all sides, these two work together to help the town. But trouble is following Miriam. Can she trust Gideon with her secrets?

This was my first introduction to the town of Savage Wells, and I am eagerly looking forward to getting my hands on the first book. The entire town is filled with delightful characters I am dying to know better.

Gideon is an absolute sweetheart of a doctor. He works himself to the bone for the town. He also has a family who is not exactly supportive of his career choice. As he earns Miriam's trust, he is gentle and understanding.

From the start, we know Miriam has a secret. Well, several, show more and I kept turning the page to learn what they were. I loved her more and I learned more about her.

Overall, this was a delightful read and I would recommend it to any readers of historical romance. show less

A doctor looking for a wife, a nurse looking for a job. Sounds simple right, this story is anything but. Gideon MacNamara, knowing that it will be hard to get a wife living out west and he hopes that a matchmaking organisation can help him obtain what he is looking for. After being rejected a few times he hopes that this time works.

Miriam Bricks gets off the stagecoach and is greeted by a bevy of townsfolk. She is whisked away to the schoolhouse where the town is there and a preacher upfront along with Dr.MacNamara. This seems strange to Miriam as she is there for a job. All of a sudden she realizes that it is a wedding and it appears that she is the bride. She.Runs.

Because she ran she is greeted with unhappy towns people. She does the show more best she can and starts work as the nurse she was hired for. She and Gideon sidestep each other but soon begin to have a working relationship. Miriam has a past and little by little it comes out and she soon begins to trust Gideon. But her past is catching up with her and she finds that she has to run again. Eventually with the trust she has gained with the town and their appreciation for her in her nursing skills, things start to work out for both her and Gideon.

Like I said before, this is typically not a book I would have picked up to read, but once I started reading it, I was immersed in the story. This book had a readable storyline and likeable characters that I found to like a lot. A clean romance that should appeal to anyone looking for a book to just entertain. Nothing too deep but that is a good thing.
I highly recommend it. show less

I can see why this would be a "beloved" book. It's charming and touching. Miriam Bricks is a fighter. Gideon MacNamara is kind and caring. It's quite black and white, goodies and baddies. The small Wyoming town of Savage Wells has decent caring people, who can tell who is good, and jump to defend and support them.

It's an impressively easy pleasant read, due to the admirable, likeable characters and the touches of romance and humour. It reminded me of a Hallmark movie, with no sex and barely any kissing, but there's something about it that made it fresher and something I can't find the word for right now, than a Hallmark movie.

From the beginning to the end this book pulled me in, and had me cringing at the injustice that was perpetrated at the time.
Once you find out why Miriam is in Savage Wells and why she won’t marry Gideon you champion her cause.
Will she win this town over? Will the evil that is brought on her by the law at that time win? I know I was starting to get very angry at the system, but so many souls were lost here, and this went on way into the late 1900’s.
There are some really warmhearted events here, and others will rip your heart out, and you will worry about this town losing its children.
Wow! As you can see there is a lot going on here, and innocent telegram has the ability to destroy lives.
A quick page-tuner, that will make you think!

I show more received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Shadow Mountain, and was not required to give a positive review. show less

As clean reads go, Sarah M. Eden is one author I know I can’t go wrong with. And Healing Hearts has touches of everything I love about Eden’s books—a small town, history, romance, a sprinkle of intrigue, and a smattering of humor.

Miriam arrives in Savage Wells, Wyoming expecting to start a nursing position but instead finds herself at a wedding. Her wedding. Dr. Gideon MacNamara (aka the groom) is unlike any of the men Miriam has known and as they work together, Miriam learns that this particular man has a very good heart.

Eden gives readers a book that not only takes them through the highs and lows of falling in love but also a commentary on the misconceptions and mistreatment of those whose heath issues were misunderstood at the show more time.
Travel to 1876 Wyoming with Miriam and meet the loyal townspeople of Savage Wells who will draw you in with their caring hearts and protection of those they consider their own.

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I receive complimentary books from publishers, publicists, and/or authors, including NetGalley. I am not required to write positive reviews. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255. show less

good story

Not a Christian fiction just a clean fiction