A Patch of Earth — Bobby Hutchinson

ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID NEVER A BRIDE...

Liz Morrison was so delighted by the marriage of her best friend, Chris Johnstone, to Michael Quinn that she almost forgot her own loneliness.

But when her tear-filled eyes met the piercing gaze of wedding guest Tony Van Fleet, she felt undone. Here at last was a man who seemed to look into her very soul. Rugged and multifaceted as the British Columbian valley he called home, Tony's complexity hid his simple need to love and be loved.

To Liz, who'd never had roots, Tony and his family seemed to promise everything and more ...