Waiting for Hope

By Karen J. Hasley

Book Overview

Waiting for Hope delivers a powerful blend of frontier grit, emotional depth, and slow-burn romance that will stay with you long after you close the book. In 1905, Hope Birdwell arrives in Wyoming carrying little more than determination and the scars of a past she refuses to let define her. She's staking her future and her independence on a homestead of her own-land she plans to work, defend, and transform into a life she can finally claim as hers. But the West is as unforgiving as it is full of promise, and Hope soon discovers that danger can follow even the strongest woman across state lines.
As she builds fragile new connections with her neighbors-and with one young man whose steady kindness unsettles her resolve-Hope must confront both the violence she escaped and the courage she didn't know she possessed. The threats gathering around her force a choice: give up her dreams and retreat into the shadows of her past or fight for the home, the community, and the people she's come to love.
Inspired by the memoirs of real-life Wyoming homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart (1876-1933), Waiting for Hope shows the resilience, sacrifice, and hard-won truths that shape a woman's destiny. If you love historical fiction driven by courage, community, and slow-burn romance, Waiting for Hope delivers an emotionally rich journey that will leave you rooting for Hope until the final page.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1497553822
• ISBN13: 9781497553828
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"