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Set in 1876 at Pleasant Hill Shakers Village, Addie Kate Flockhart grapples with her yearning for marriage and children, despite the Shakers' vow of celibacy. Her life changes when Beckett "Jib" Claycomb arrives seeking refuge. After he suffers injuries while helping to extinguish a fire, a bond forms between them, challenging the strict Shaker beliefs. This narrative explores themes of hope, faith, and the quest for personal fulfillment, inspired by true historical events, highlighting the strength of a woman's faith in pursuing her desires.

All her life, Joselene Grace Matthews has dreamed of the father she never met. She had been told he died before her birth. But when her mother dies, Josie discovers that her parents had never married, and that her father is alive and well. She vows to search for him, and, locating him, presents herself at his door. Will he accept her into his life? She struggles to win her father's acceptance and to cope with family secrets. In her quest to learn the place she belongs, she finds her life changed in ways she could not have imagined. She meets Elliott Jacobson, a tall, dark, and handsome reporter for one of the city's newspapers. They fall in love. Based on historical characters and an actual 1935 event in Terre Haute, Indiana-the general strike-The Place You Belong speaks to the strength and courage in every woman of faith.