Books like A Noble Groom by Jody Hedlund

Alderman 1881 Michigan, newly widowed Annalisa Werner struggles to repay a land contract she inherited after her husband’s untimely death, which she suspects might have been murder. Alone with her young daughter, she must secure a new husband within six months to keep her farm afloat. Unable to find a suitable mate locally, her father contacts his brother in Germany, who arranges for the recently exiled nobleman Carl von Reichert to come to Michigan. Convicted of a crime he did not commit, Carl seeks refuge in a small German community and takes a job on Annalisa’s farm. Though initially awkward at manual labor, he brings gentle kindness and romance into her life. Annalisa senses he hides a secret about his past but is drawn to his heart, rekindling her faith in love—while a true groom still threads through her future and time keeps slipping away.

First publish date: 2013