Ashley is concerned and prepared to take the young woman and her “husband” to the hospital as after the safe delivery the woman begins to hemorrhage. The way the author brings these two characters together was brilliant as in the middle of the night Ashley is disturbed by a woman needing her help bringing her baby safely into the world. Hunter is an engineer who has traveled all over the world as he loves being outside rather than being in an office. Ashley is also a nurse who would love to be able to seek a doctorate in order to bring better care to the women she serves. Ashley is a descendent of women in her family’s line who practice midwifery.
Laurie Alice Eakes is a new author to me and I loved the main characters, Ashley along with Hunter. But is it commitment to her calling or fear of the unknown that keeps her feet firmly planted in the Appalachian soil? Or is it something more fear of her growing feelings for Hunter that make her hesitant to explore the world beyond the mountains?" He reignites dreams of her own family she has long put aside in favor earning her medical degree and being able to do even more for her community. Ashley isn t prepared for the way Hunter s entrance into her world affects her heart and her future. Hunter seeks out the aid of the local midwife in the mountain town where the phone call originated surely she can shed some light on his own family background. After receiving more media attention than he could ever want for being in the right place at the right time, he receives a mysterious phone call from a woman claiming to be his mother.
Hunter McDermott is on a quest to track down his birth mother. Now Ashley is on a mission to find the woman and her newborn baby.
Until a young woman gives birth to a baby at Ashley s home and is abducted just as she tries to take the dangerously bleeding woman her to the nearest hospital. As their midwife, she thinks she has seen it all. Ashley Tolliver has tended to the women of her small Appalachian community for years. Now she wants to take her skills a step further, but attending medical school means abandoning those women to whom she has dedicated her life, the mountains she loves, and the awakening of her heart. For nearly two hundred years, women in Ashley Tolliver s family have practiced the art of midwifery in their mountain community.
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