Virginia Autumn — Sara Mitchell

A Devoted Father. A Searching Daughter. The Miracle and Mystery of Faith Could Change Them Both Forever.

Long ago, master furniture maker Jacob Sinclair created a “heartwood” chest with a secret compartment for each of his three daughters. Now his youngest child, Leah, and Jacob himself, will make amazing discoveries about themselves, their Creator, and their own capacity to love, as God moves in their lives one Virginia Autumn.

The flower bulb- Spinster schoolteacher Leah Sinclair lives by intellect and reason, unable to relate to the full-hearted faith of her father and sisters. Yet the dogged pursuit of a devout naturalist suddenly brings Leah face to face with her doubts and fears -- and the possibility that love can bloom where she least expects it.

The widowed craftsman- With his daughters fully grown, Jacob faces an uncertain future. He is too old for adventure, and too young to cease working. However, when terribly scarred concert pianist Fiona Carlton enters his life, he begins to suspect that he is not -- and never will be -- too old for love.

A 2003 top three Christy Award finalist, and 2003 winner Georgia Romance Writers Maggie Award of Excellence, Historical category