A Home for the Heart (The Journals of Corrie Belle Hollister Book #8)

The Civil War is finally over. After two years away, Corrie returns to her family a different woman than the girl who left Miracle Springs, California, with nothing but a journal and a dream. She feels restless as she tries to settle back into small-town life, and Christopher's latest letter only creates more questions. Will she find where her heart belongs? The Civil War is finally over, and it has been more than two years since Corrie Belle Hollister left her home and family in Miracle Springs, California, to travel across the country at President Lincoln's invitation. Her writing skills and reporting experience have made their own contribution to the Union's success, and now she is on her way home . . . back to the community where she grew to maturity, back to the family she loves.

But Corrie is returning a different young woman than the one who left with her journal tucked into her suitcase and the dream of being a writer tucked into her heart. She feels restless as she tries to settle back into the pace of a small town, and the latest letter from Christopher only creates more questions. Perhaps the most relentless among them: Where will she find a home for her heart? Corrie returns home to California after two years working as a reporter back East during the Civil War, and begins to plan for her future by entering into an unusual contract with her prospective husband, Christopher