1895 - Mae Wilson lost everything, including her heart, when her husband, Dean, passed away. Leaving her own family and everything she has ever known and loved, she follows her mother-in-law, Sarah—the anchor of her family—to the cotton fields of Tennessee. There, Mae tries her best to fit in and recover from her grief in Sarah’s hometown. Dylan Peterson just received the news of the death of his childhood friend, Dean. Only days later, he arrives at the train station to carry Sarah and Dean’s widow, Mae, to Sarah’s family home. When he discovers Mae, something inside of him awakens for the first time in his life and he can’t stop thinking about her.
Struggling to get past the loss of her husband, Mae finds herself drawn to Dylan. But, she battles to get beyond her grief and move forward. Misunderstandings continue to work against Dylan and Mae constantly keeping them apart.
Will Sarah be the tie that brings them together in Patterns of the Heart?