Where Hope Prevails #3, in the Return to the Canadian West, by Janette Oke & Laurel Oke Logan When Beth Thatcher returns to Coal Valley, she anticipates Jarrick's proposal of marriage and possibly a spring wedding. The mine is expanding,there are more schoolchildren than ever, but the town's rapid growth brings many challenges. A second teacher is assigned, and Beth finds herself going head-to-head with a very different philosophy of education that dismisses religion and rejects God. She i fearful for the children who sit under the influence of Robert Harris Hughes. At the same time, Beth wonders if Jarrick is considering a position at her father's company simply for her sake. Should she admit her feelings on the matter? Or keep silent and allow Jarrick to make up his own mind?
