The Gentleman's Heart — Lynn Winchester

Isadora Mosier never fit in, and she didn't mind. She still laughed and loved and experienced life at its fullest. But when an accident steals the use of her legs, she's left with a half-life…until she's given a new one, as someone else.Professor Allon Banks is a broken Civil War veteran who never thought he could find a mind and wit to match his. As he begins to correspond with Philomena Parks, he discovers a spirit that captures his heart. Overcome with his need to see her face to face, he travels to Dry Bayou to meet his Philomena and make her his own.Dora is shocked with Allon arrives in town, searching for the woman he'd fallen in love with on paper. What happens when he finds out the woman he's been writing to is a cripple? What happens when Dora falls for a man who is already in love with someone else? Someone who isn't real?Allon is torn between his love for the spirited Philomena of his letters and his attraction to the lovely, warm Dora who seems to know more than she's saying. When he discovers Dora is keeping secrets, Allon must decide if the woman in the letters is the same one he can't stop thinking about.