He touched her heart as no other man ever had... Would she be willing to wait for him? Summer, 1865 — In the months just after the end of the Civil War, old ways of life are changing in the South. At a plantation in North Carolina, three young women are determined to leave everything behind for an unknown future without an evil uncle or cousin. But Beth Jornigan, her sister, Joanie, and their friend Trella encounter trouble from the very start. A fire racing through dry cotton fields almost ends their journey before it has a chance to begin. Fortunately, soldiers on their way home rescue them just in time. Only these brave young men don't want the trouble that lovely, defenseless women will surely bring. They are more than ready to do nothing but put the war behind them, eat fresh-baked pie and drink sweet tea surrounded again by their families. And yet both the men and women discover that God sometimes has othe rplans than the ones we hold dear, and embracing those plans just may be an adventure and a chance for all of their dreams to come true.