02200cam a2200277 4500 771669630 TxAuBib 20190208120000.0 110217s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011005328 9781595549006 PAP 15.99 1595549005 PAP 15.99 DLC DLC DLC TxAuBib Love, Dorothy, 1949- Beyond all measure [Book] / Dorothy Love. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 2011. 314 p. ; 22 cm. Hickory Ridge ; ; 1 "Unless she can trust God's love to cast out her fears, Ada may lose the heart of a good man. Ada Wentworth, a young Bostonian, journeys to Hickory Ridge, Tennessee, in the years following the Civil War. Alone and nearly penniless following a broken engagement, Ada accepts a position as a lady's companion to the elderly Lillian Willis, a pillar of the community and aunt to the local lumber mill owner, Wyatt Caldwell. Ada intends to use her millinery skills to establish a hat shop and secure her future.Haunted by unanswered questions from her life in Boston, Ada is most drawn to two townsfolks: Wyatt, a Texan with big plans of his own, and Sophie, a mulatto girl who resides at the Hickory Ridge orphanage. Ada's friendship with Sophia attracts the attention of a group of locals seeking to displace the residents of Two Creeks, a "colored" settlement on the edge of town. As tensions rise, Ada is threatened but refuses to abandon her plan to help the girl. When Lillian dies, Ada is left without employmentor a place to call home. And since Wyatt's primary purpose for staying in Hickory Ridge was to watch over his aunt, he can now pursue his dream of owning Longhorns in his home state of Texas. With their feelings for each other growing, Ada must decidewhether she can trust God with her future and Wyatt with her heart"-- Provided by publisher. 20190208. Historical fiction. Tennessee Fiction. Love stories. Christian fiction. Hickory Ridge ; ; 1.