After the death of his mother, Michael Keddington finds employment at the Arcadia nursing home where he befriends Esther, a reclusive but beautiful elderly woman who lives in mourning for her youth and lost love. Michael faces his own challenges when he loses his greatest love, Faye. When Michael is falsely accused of abusing one of the Arcadia's residents, he learns important lessons about faith and forgiveness from Ester—and her gift to him of a locket, once symbolic of one person's missed opportuninites, becomes another's second chance. Richard Paul Evans, author of the beloved #1 bestselling classic The Christmas Box, begins a wonderful new series with this stunning New York Times bestseller—a bittersweet reminder of life's most precious gifts....

"It is silent now, the blizzard has paused and left the moment still. I think about them both at such times—roaming the shadowlands of remembrance amidst the shards of my broken heart.""—Exerpt from Hunter Bell's diary The winter storms of the wide-open frontier reflect the anguish raging in Hunter Bell, a minister who heads to Utah's gold-mining towns after his wife dies in childbirth. A man with nothing left ot loose, he plays the card tables for money to care for his youngs daughter back home. But in the heart of a driving blizzard, Hunter makes a shocking discovery—and begins to see that a life tested by unthinkable cruelty can still be rich with faith, love, and hope for a better tomorrow... #1 bestselling author Richard Paul Evans steps back to the American Old West with this powerful novel of love and redemption, part of a trilogy that includes "The Locket" and "The Carousel.

Richard Paul Evans, bestselling author of the beloved classic The Christmas Box and The Looking Glass returns to the unfinished story of Faye Murrow and Michael Keddington in a tale that will delight and inspire new readers, as well as legions of loyal fans.