2019 International Digital Award (IDA) Finalist Inspirational Novel On a gray, chilling morning in the spring of 1892, seven women, all dressed in black, widows before their time, mourn with the people of Blessings Valley as the preacher begins the funerals of their husbands lost in a coal mining explosion. Sorrow is etched on each of the ashen faces. All hope was gone from their eyes. Some of the widows are struggling through their grief to answer a widow's question. With Wilhelmina "Willa" Alexander's guidance, they just might each learn to live again. Book 1: Elizabeth Two people scarred by life. She carries the scars on her heart. He carries the scars on his body. Can they find peace, healing, and love together?