Life has changed quickly for widow Marianne Freeman. Strangers on horseback who followed her on a mountain trail have turned everything in her world inside-out and upside-down. A man with vivid blue eyes, quiet strength, and a gentle touch has stormed her heart and her dreams. Two women who survived an attack on a wagon train have moved into her house and become very special friends. But she still lives in a county where the ruthless Ahab Hawthorne rules. And she has no idea which of the men and women who have swept into her world will stand with her against his threats and which will leave her to face his evil on her own.
