Can shared passion for a cause spark love between two grieving individuals? When cholera rages through a small Texas town, the disease claims almost a third of the population. Zoey Wallace grieves for the dead and laments she didn’t use her gift that might have diminished the devastation. A woman with her talent is sometimes considered a witch, so she needs a man to partner with her to save lives if the fatal disease returns. Widower Jacob Kincaid looks for a solution when he learns his father-in-law might take his son from him. A newspaper advertisement for a barber in Texas offers Jacob and his son an escape. In letters, the barbershop owner hints that the person accepting the job should be passionate about the welfare of others. Jacob’s never been zealous about causes, but he needs the job—and he needs it now.