South Wind Blew Softly — Ruth Livingston Hill

Nancy Lansing boarded the plane for Pine City, Florida, reluctantly. The idea of spending six months in a small town--even if it meant collecting a $25,000 inheritance from her uncle--seemed bleak to the vivacious young New Yorker. -- But life in Pine City holds many surprises. Almost by accident, she finds herself working at Westside Community Church as secretary to the new minister, Jack Wander, an attractive widower with two precocious children.

Struggling to handle problems and responsibilities she has never before encountered, Nancy's life-changing choices are guided by the memory of a fleeting encounter with her Aunt Bea and the warm faith she sees in a mysterious man in a wheelchair.