02012cam a2200397 i 4500 517088778 TxAuBib 20211021120000.0 210309s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021011129 9780785241355 pbk. 0785241353 pbk. (OCoLC)1223015407 TxAuBib rda Bischof, Joanne. The gold in these hills : a novel / Joanne Bischof. Nashville, Tennessee : Thomas Nelson, [2021] ℗2021. xi, 323 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes discussion questions. Includes bibliographical references (page 323). 1902. Arriving at Kenworthy, California, mail-order-bride Juniper Cohen was met by the pounding of the gold mine, the rowdiness of its prospectors, and her greatest surprise of all: the love of the kind man who awaited her. When the mine proves empty of profit Juniper's husband vanishes, and the pioneers flee this dwindling boomtown. Carving out survival for her and her young daughter in a ghost town requires trusting in the kindness of a few remaining souls. A century later, trying to escape the heartache of his failed marriage, Johnny Sutherland throws himself into raising his child and restoring a hundred-year-old abandoned farmhouse in California's San Jacinto Mountains. He uncovers letters Juniper wrote to her missing husband. -- adapted from back cover. 20211021. Ghost towns Fiction. Mail order brides Fiction. Gold mines and mining Fiction. Missing persons Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. California Fiction. Romance fiction. Historical fiction. TXTLL