Pattern of Loving — Christina Abbey

Pretty, young Jenny Milford was happy with her job as schoolteacher--but everyone in her home town seemed determined to marry her off to Ralph Aston, the local farmer whom she had "gone with" as long as she could remember.

Jenny vowed she would not wed Ralph or perhaps any man. Especially not handsome, arrogant Dr. Hamish Stewart, the outsider who had come to search for ancient relics buried in the countryside. From the moment they met, sparks began to fly when Hamish's temper exploded over a disturbed little boy whom Jenny was trying to help. Little did Jenny suspect that those sparks could ignite the fires of passion, and a man whom she hated at first sight could be someone to love and desperately fight not to lose.