She’s still afraid. He’s never stopped hurting. When they reconnect, will they take a leap of faith into each other’s arms?

Nebraska, 1922. Chloe Brandt relishes her freedom. Bobbing her hair and donning the latest fashions, she’s been dancing her way through a big-city, flapper lifestyle after fleeing her alcoholic dad’s violence. But when tragedy pulls her and an orphaned nephew back to her hometown, the oh-so-modern nurse confronts the handsome man she left behind.

Reese Lloyd is grieving. Devastated over his brother’s gangster-style murder, he struggles with the return of the beautiful girl who broke his heart. And torn when he and the love of his life are both named guardians of her young relative, the steadfast farmer finds it hard to lower his protective walls.

Longing to stay with her childhood beloved, Chloe fears her father’s brutal attacks won’t stop until she’s dead. And though Reese wants to raise the little boy with the glamorous gal by his side, he despairs she will leave him once again.

Can they mend their painful pasts before losing their chance at happily ever after?

Choices of the Heart is the steamy second book in the Broken Bow Brides historical romance series. If you like sweet heroines, small-town settings, and a dose of drama, then you’ll adore Julia Daniels’s prescription for passion.