The power of quilting to mend lives.Lucy O'Connor aims to use her sewing skills to insure an independence her mother never knew. She'll take the money she makes from creating quilts and buy cattle. But even head-strong Lucy can't do it all herself. She enlists the help of her new neighbor, Trace Abernathy, to teach her the cattle business. Yankee veteran Trace only wants peace and quiet as he settles in his new home. Between the war and an unhappy marriage to a willful woman, he's had enough of conflict. But his dealings with Lucy teach him there are still things worth fighting for. Patchwork Hearts, first published in 1999, was award-winning author Cindy Myers' first novel (published under her maiden name, Cynthia Sterling.) This new ebook edition contains the complete text of the original.