SOLVED. Christian Historical Romance- widow goes west to run a saw mill and takes her sister and the sister meets guy with Irish wolf hound in the woods. Spoilers ahead. [s]

[Grace]

This book opens with a eastern woman who has been recently widowed when her husband died in a mining accident. She and her sister and some guy(?) leave to go turn the mine into a saw mill and then find out the dead husband isn't dead but just crippled and hiding in the little town they are in. There's this best friend to the not dead guy who has an Irish wolf hound who understands hand gestures and is super well behaved. The guy with the dog is an amazingly good tracker and hangs out in the woods a lot. The sister falls in love with dog guy and the widow gets her husband back after he gets saved. And that's all I got but I remember this book so well but can't find it

[Kris]

Grace, around what year did you read this book?

Tall, Dark, and Determined by Kelly Eileen Hake?
(Google search - site:www.goodreads.com "christian romance" "historical romance" widow mining accident saw mill)

Some Amazon reviewers say, "Chase Dunstan lost his brother-in-law in the mine collapse, and is convinced that it was no accident that left his sister [Laura] a destitute widow." | "Chase is looking to find the truth about the mine collasp, his brother's death the hurried sale of the mine and town. He is one of the best trappers,hunters around." | "Decoy is a big well trained wolf hound."

[Grace]

Kris wrote: "Grace, around what year did you read this book?

Tall, Dark, and Determined by Kelly Eileen Hake?
(Google search - site:www.goodreads.com "christian romance" "histori..."


Oh my goodreads!! Thank you so much! This has been driving me crazy for weeks. This is exactly the book I was looking for.

[Kris]

Great! Glad you found your book, Grace. Your memory of the wolf hound really helped.