The Bachelors of Three Bend Lake: Torin and Ivy

Name: The Bachelors of Three Bend Lake: Torin and Ivy
Author: Debra Holland

81 pages

Ivy Jackson feels trapped as a domestic drudge. She longs to become a teacher and secretly tutors neighborhood children to earn money, hoping to escape and secure a job near her best friend Cora Collier, who’s moved to Sweetwater Springs, Montana. But Cora has searched, and no teaching jobs are available in the area.

When Torin Rees’s daughter Jewel was born, he immediately fell in love with her, even though she was disabled. When his wife, parents, and in-laws insisted the baby be institutionalized, Torin refused. Consequently, he was soon divorced, disowned, and raising his darling daughter on his own.

To protect Jewel from the harsh judgment of others, Torin fled west, settling in a narrow mountain valley outside of Sweetwater Springs. There, he and the two other reclusive bachelors of Three Bend Lake raise Jewel in loving seclusion.

Now Jewel’s growing older and needs a woman around. Although Torin’s reluctant, he’s persuaded by Cora to hire a governess. Someone who’s kind. Someone who’s experienced with teaching special needs children. Someone who’s willing to live an isolated life.

Someone like her friend Ivy.

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