Helen Plum Library

Opal's life had gotten much better since she'd left New York. Her twin had just married, and she was living in a house with thirteen other girls, with a crazy old lady as their new "mother." Florence Reid, a little girl Opal met in town, was just what Opal needed to stop worrying about being left behind and move on with her life. The little girl needed help, and Opal was just the woman for the job!Nathaniel Reid was a widower, doing what he could...

Gertrude Sanders is completely devoted to her family and her job as the librarian of the Nowhere, Texas library. When a man starts parking his book wagon outside the library, she makes it her business to force him to leave town. It doesn't take her long to discover that most of the people in town are happier to go to the book wagon than go to the library. Jed Thorn owns a traveling book wagon, and he's happy to keep traveling, not settling down anywhere....

Katie Sanders is the youngest of Edna Petunia's adopted girls. With a voice like an angel, she sings for the family and the church her brother-in-law pastors in Nowhere. She has watched all fourteen of her sisters marry and have families, and she can't help but wonder if she'll ever have her chance. When fifteen new orphans end up in Nowhere with no homes, her eyes turn to their handsome headmaster.Aaron Cavett travels from New York to Texas with...

Minnie Sanders has everything going for her. She's starting a new job at the mayor's office in Nowhere, Texas. She's surrounded by family who love her beyond anything she's ever known. But as Minnie watches her sisters all fall in love and marry, she realizes marriage is something she wants as well. She loves her nieces and nephews, and she dreams of holding her own child someday. She's never been courted, but all of a sudden there are three men asking...

Eighteen year old Ruby has known for years that she would eventually marry her childhood sweetheart. When she's forced to move to Texas, it throws a kink in her plans, but she still knows that David will send for her, and they'll marry. After a year of living in Texas she receives a letter changing her whole world. Lewis moves to Nowhere, Texas, to start a new life with his sons after his wife leaves him for another man. When he's introduced to Ruby,...

Betsy Sanders loves her life. She has a wonderful and often boisterous family. She has a job for a man who makes her a bit crazy, but it's good honest work, and she makes a decent wage. When a new man starts working for the auction house, she feels immediately drawn to him.Charles Brooks has been left with the burden of four younger siblings to raise. When he begins working for the local auction house, he's interested in getting to know the young...

Hope Sanders is a no-nonsense girl who believes her straight-shooting ways will keep her single for the rest of her life. She has a fast-paced job, working for the only doctor in Nowhere, Texas. When her doctor's nephew comes to apprentice with her, she is immediately frustrated, because they see things so very differently. Stephen Bennett has a great deal of compassion for others. He doesn't like the way his aunt's assistant talks frankly with the...