Balogh, Mary. More than a Mistress. Jane Ingleby interferes in a Duke's duel and causes him to get shot. She nurses him back to health and then must decide whether to live on her own, accept his help in launching her singing career, or be his mistress.--Lynn
This was a heartwarming, inspirational book about two people who were both trying to elude something very tragic in their lives. The way in which these people met and helped each other overcome their loneliness was quite remarkable.
Dakota Born is the first in a three book trilogy, and is about a town called Buffalo Valley that is dying off, and how a new teacher named Lindsay arrives and how things start to change the town around.