A Widower's Bride — Blythe Carver

In the town of Deepwater, Texas, the community of people look out for each other. When influenza runs rampant through the town, they pull together so everyone can survive. Delfinia Yates has just arrived from Cedarville, Tennessee, to work for a man who lost his wife to the illness the year before, leaving him with two small children to care for. Delfinia is thrilled to get away from the orphanage where she spent most of her life and excited for the adventure of life she sees ahead of her. Keith Hall was deeply devoted to his wife, Laura, before her death. In the year since, he has not been able to get himself back together. Aware that he's failing his children and ruining his own life, Keith struggles to find new purpose, something to put his feet back firmly on the ground.Delfinia proves to be just the antidote Keith needs for the poison of grief he can't seem to shed. She takes wonderful care of his children and shows him sympathy and compassion he desperately needs to find himself again. Together, Keith and Delfinia fight the perils of sickness together. But will they find their love before tragedy strikes twice in Keith's life and they never get the chance to see what could have been? Or will love win out in the end, overcoming all odds?