Hear the Bells Ring

2019. Abigail Moyer, an aspiring author, needs some inspiration, especially after receiving yet another rejection letter from one too many publishers. Hoping a change in scenery and her life will supply the needed inspiration, she heads home to picturesque Buckingham, Pennsylvania, and her parents' farm for Christmas. There, she discovers an engagement ring of an assumed lost ancestress and a mystery that sparks an idea within her for a love story she hopes will finally get her noticed. But when a chance meeting brings a handsome stranger across her path, she may also find the inspiration for a love story of her own. If only she dares to believe the impossible.

1861. Eleanor Benton wants only one thing in her life. The chance to marry the handsome and quiet farmhand she has known most of her life. But as a once-orphaned boy who has worked on the farm since he was ten, Ethan is unworthy of her, according to her parents. They wish for her to marry someone else. When duty calls, Ethan enlists in the Union Army to fight for his country. He promises to return to her, but as Eleanor waits at home, she has only his vow inscribed on an engagement ring that she keeps hidden from her parents. But will it prove enough to bring comfort to her anxious heart?

A dual-timeline story that begs the question of whether love can be so strong that it can reach across time.