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Keeper of My Heart - Discerning God's Best BOOK 6
Description:
What happens when the very traits that kept you alive are the ones God asks you to lay down?
On the Missouri frontier, survival demands strength, skill, and self-reliance. Cecelia Grace Trexler Shankel has mastered all three. Raised to ride hard, shoot straight, and depend on no one but herself, she has no intention of settling—for a man or for a quieter life—no matter what society expects of her.
Then James “Jimmy” Reeves arrives—armed with knowledge, precision, and a life spent avoiding the messier risks of the heart.
A brilliant but socially awkward pharmacist, Jimmy Reeves has spent his life mastering medicine, not people. After earning his medical degree in Philadelphia, he pursues further studies at the new school of pharmacy in South Carolina, refining his knowledge of formulas and precision-based healing. But instead of returning to a life of privilege, he heads west, determined to learn the practical side of medicine—where science meets survival.
His plan is simple: study natural remedies, assist his friend Thomas Shankel’s clinic, and return with newfound expertise. What he never expects is Cecelia Shankel—a woman as wild and untamed as the land itself, challenging everything he thought he knew about strength, skill, and survival.
Their first meeting is a clash of worlds—her bold confidence against his quiet precision. She thinks he’s too stiff and bookish; he finds her exasperatingly unpredictable. When a sudden smallpox outbreak threatens the town, Jimmy is forced beyond formulas and theories—into decisions that demand faith, courage, and leadership he isn’t sure he possesses.
As sparks fly and respect grows, Cecelia finds herself drawn to a man who challenges her not with strength, but with knowledge. And Jimmy discovers that some things—like love and faith—can’t be measured in scientific terms.
Cecelia isn’t ready to let go of the independence that’s always kept her safe.
And Jimmy isn’t sure he’s brave enough to risk his heart—or his faith—on anything he can’t control.
In a world where independence means survival, can two people risk trusting God—and each other—with their hearts?
For Lauraine Snelling, Shanna Hatfield, Naomi Rawlings, Lauralyn Keller, Misty M. Beller, Lacy Williams, and Linda Ford fans, this standalone novel in the Discerning God’s Best series will capture your heart and leave you breathless. You’ll love this book if you enjoy gripping historical drama and compelling characters. Binge-read the entire series on Kindle Unlimited.
Book Takeaway:
You will stop confusing the strength it took to survive with the surrender it takes to be loved.
Why the author wrote this book:
I wrote this book for the person who has been faithfully doing the hard thing for so long that they stopped noticing how much it cost them.
For the woman who leads because no one else will, who proves her worth in calloused hands and early mornings, who has convinced herself that needing nothing is the same as being strong.
For the man who never belonged anywhere and learned to make himself small enough that leaving wouldn't matter.
And for both of them to see that God was not waiting for them to earn rest or deserve love. He was already working underneath everything they thought defined them, growing something neither of them had the courage to ask for ye
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