Omaha’s Bell by Penny Hayes

Still reeling from the tragic deaths of her parents and brother, farmer Keeley Delaney seems condemned to a life or hardship and grief. Now totally alone she supplements her meager income by selling vegetables to the mocking soldiers at nearby forts. Despite her aching loneliness, Keeley shuns the mean-spirited Omaha townsfolk, whose lack of compassion for her and her family has left her with only one desire -- to save enough money to escape this heartless place forever. Only one desire, that is, until she meets the town's newest addition -- beautiful Englishwoman Prudence Jane Morris...