Sorry to hear about the lost saves, for the future: saves are kept in AppData\Roaming\ForestInn if you need to back them up.
I have manual saves working in the code, but manual loads cause a huge number of bugs as is. I need to completely rewrite the core of the game to get them working (which is fine, I'm willing to do that, but it's a big time investment).
I'll put some time towards it this week, but because of the complexity of the issue, no promises on when it'll come out. It's one of many things getting worked on.