Aven Norgaard understands courage. Orphaned within an Irish workhouse, then widowed at just nineteen, she voyaged to America where she was wooed and wed by Thor Norgaard, a deaf man in rural Appalachia. That the Lord saw her along the winding journey and that Aven now carries Thors child are blessings beyond measure. Yet while Thor holds her heart, it is Haakon -- his younger brother and rival -- who haunts her memories.
