A Christmas historical novella set in America in the mid-1800s where blood means everything and nothing in the midst of a war unlike any other seen through the eyes of a young Texas Ranger who soon finds himself heading west in search of a new life. Will he find that life or will love overtake peace he seeks? Lewis “Lew” Truett found lies in a letter. Stella Mae Anderson found faith in a field. Both grew up with love, only to stumble into strife when they came of age in the midst of a war-torn land. Will the two stubborn and floundering hearts find a place of peace, or be doomed to fall into the flames?