The Sampler

SHE CLINGS TO HIS PROMISE THAT THEY'LL MAKE IT WORK.

HE MARRIED HER SO WHY CAN'T SHE BE HIS WIFE IN EVERY WAY?

Allie Sullivan lost her baby. In her grief, she doesn't have enough strength left to defy the self-appointed matron of the valley and marries her best friend Sam. Everyone says she married him. Only she has no memory of her wedding. She moves into his cabin, but not his bed. Why can't he understand? How can she be his wife if she can't remember pledging herself to him?

Sam Harris doesn't understand women, never has, never will. He's loved Allie for years and plans to court her. In the early winter, hope fills him as they grow closer, but sickness, death, and an interfering biddy change everything. When they are forced to marry, he promises he'll give Allie time and a room of her own until she's ready. But how much time does a bride need to become a wife?

What happens when love isn't enough?