From this day forward

Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML: Penniless, pregnant, and newly widowed immigrant Rachel Gordon doesn't believe her situation could get any worse... until she meets her new neighbors. Shortly after the War of 1812, Rachel and her husband set out from England for a plantation in South Carolina, which he had purchased sight unseen. However, while en route, Tom Gordon fell overboard and drowned, leaving Rachel, frightened and alone, to make a home for her and her newborn. Can a battle-scarred American physician who comes to her rescue also heal her wounded heart?.