As their relationship deepens, friendship soon blossoms into healing for wounded souls and a love that can’t be denied. until she discovers Michael Heath and his beautiful botanical illustrations. There was rain, lightning, hail and wind this Sunday evening Even with dark clouds. But Bryony’s forced optimism and dogged determination disguise a heart as dry and despairing as the scorched earth. When Bryony accepts employment at the Heath mansion, it’s just a job at first, a means to ward off destitution until the drought ends and Grandpa’s farm is prosperous again.

Lost in the diversity of nature’s beauty, he finds escape from a troubled past and from his wealthy father’s continual pressure to take an interest in the family plantation. The romance captured my heart, and the setting created the perfect storm for Bryony and Michael. A virtual recluse, his one passion is botanical illustration. The Sweetest Rain is a refreshing tale of hope, family, determination, and love. Michael Heath barely survived the war, and twelve years later all he wants to do is forget. Now Mama’s gone, too, and as times grow tougher, Bryony will do whatever it takes to ensure her family’s survival. As the drought of 1930 burns crops to a crisp, Bryony Linwood dreams of cooling winter snows and the life she would have had if Daddy hadn’t been killed in the Great War and Mama hadn’t moved Bryony and her sisters to their grandfather’s struggling tenant farm in tiny Eden, Arkansas. 'As the drought of 1930 burns crops to a crisp, Bryony Linwood dreams of cooling winter snows and the life she would have had if Daddy hadnt been killed in the Great War and Mama hadnt moved Bryony and her sisters to their grandfathers struggling tenant farm in tiny Eden, Arkansas.

The Sweetest Rain by Myra Johnson