Baby On The Doorstep

In this heartbreaking and beautiful tale a woman running an orphanage during the Great Depression does everything she can to help the children in her careperfect for fans of Before We Were Yours and The Orphan Train Distant rumblings of conflict in Europe have reached even the secluded snowdusted mountains of Virginia where Lauren Greenwood faces a battle of her own The Great Depression is crippling America leaving millions of its victims without shoes on their feet and clothes on their backs Hope Housethe orphanage Lauren runsis suffering more than ever The one thing Lauren is not short of is love But with just a handful of dollars to her name every day is a struggle to feed the orphans and keep a roof over their heads Yet she refuses to give up When a baby is left on the porch Lauren welcomes her with open arms The abandoned newborn Maisie is left with a crumpled letterher parents begging Lauren to look after the girl and promising to return for her one day Lauren refuses to allow another child to fall prey to the Depression and vows to provide little Maisie with the love and protection of a mother But when the debt collectors come calling threatening to shut down the orphanage Lauren runs out of hope Any day now the children could be thrown onto the frozen streets where survival is impossible With tragedy just around the corner how can she ever reunite Maisie with her parents And if she doesn t manage to save the orphans how will she live with herself