Love to Believe In by Sally Bayless

When a guy manages a hardware store, he learns how to fix just about anything. But fixing the broken heart of the new cashier? That might be a lot more complicated.
Poppy Dillon never dreamed that the life she’d built could shatter completely. Just as she was about to tell her husband she was expecting, he announced he was leaving her. She’d barely caught her breath when she learned of his gambling debts. Now, she’s pregnant, broke, and alone. When her grandfather offers her a place to stay and a job at his hardware store, she quickly accepts.

Hank Hamlin, manager of Porter’s Hardware, is less than enthused about his boss’s plan to hire Poppy. She may be beautiful, but the woman doesn’t know a socket wrench from a screwdriver. But when her creative marketing ideas bring business to the store, Hank begins to find her more appealing. As he learns how she’s persevered, despite the challenges she’s faced, the attraction between them grows.

But when his compulsive need to protect other people triggers her deepest fears, their fragile romance falters. And when Hank’s boss steps up his plans to help Poppy, abandoning his agreement to sell Hank the store, Hank feels betrayed. Is their romance doomed? Or can Hank and Poppy open their hearts to God’s blessings and find a love to believe in?