Hello, Love — Joan Shapiro

Left totally alone by her daughter's tragic death, widowed Barbara Sinclair flies west to retrieve her orphaned granddaughter, Emily, from Emily's widowed paternal grandfather, Sam Douglass.

Family tragedy leaves Barbara Sinclair alone with her success. The fight to gain custody of her young granddaughter brings a confrontation with the determined rancher Sam Douglass. Also widowed, Sam had been caring for Emily alone, guided by his own ideas of childrearing. Barbara challenges his ideas. And that's not all she challenges. Long buried desires surface, then gentle affection, Sam and Barbara cannot ignore the chance to love again.

Hero: Sam Douglass
Heroine: Barbara Sinclair