"In 1850, Sophie Neumann flees New York with her two young charges after witnessing a crime. Reinhold Weiss has finally purchased his own small farm when an old friend shows up, pleading for help. But how can he help her when mounting debts and past scarsstill haunt him?"--
As Elizabeth takes on the role of nanny to the child of a brazen and newly widowed preacher, the preacher's enemies place her in harm's way when they set out to silence him.