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Hobo's Wish
Content levels
ViolenceMild
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild
Trigger warnings
mental illness (depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, psychosis)substance abuse
Positive tags
redemption arcslow burnhealing archopeful endingfound family
Tropes
Strangers to LoversSmall TownDoctorSlow BurnRedemption ArcMorally Gray HeroHistorical RomanceForced Proximity
Themes
redemptionclass struggleidentitylove vs dutygrief
Synopsis
Previously published as A Hobo's Wish by Mantle Rock Publishing.After a tragic mistake during The Great Depression, Dr. Pete Walters becomes penniless, forced to ride the rails along with thousands of other unemployed men and women, surviving by trading labor for food, or asking for handouts. Will he find the trust and the love he doesn’t believe he deserves when he hops off the train at Kathleen Creek, Minnesota, or must he leave again when someone exposes his past?
Tags
Great Depression fictioninspirational romancesmall-town romancehistorical drama