But when he looked at her with those piercing black eyes and called her, 'My Maggie,' she had trouble remembering anything except that he was a man and she was a woman. The new world is full of promise, the promise not only of a virgin land waiting to be broken, but also of needy souls waiting to hear the Word. Maggie Lawrence journeys to join her betrothed, Richard Shabedge, in the colony of Roanoke in 1587, where they plan to be missionaries to the Native Americans. But it is one Native American - Towaye - who challenges her emotions and spiritual strength more than any other man. When Richard sails for England, Maggie finds herself drawn to the company of this intriguing native. But his presence becomes more to her than pleasure. To marry Richard was a part of her duty to God, she thought. Towaye made her stop and wonder. In the perils of the American wilderness, her life depends on Towaye's strength even as his soul depends on her witness.

"There's nothing to do but send you out of the country as quickly as possible." She was born to be a queen, reared in luxury and manipulated by male relatives for their own welfare. But when her nobility, her wealth, her family, and her future were taken away by a cruel twist of fate, Hayley Douglas was left to her own devices—and her faith in God. Sent from her native England to spare her life, she found herself in colonial Virginia, a strange land where she was without friends, family, or fortune. Almost before she had time to ponder what would become of her, once more a man took over her life. But Philip Lawrence was not like the men she had known in England. A true son of the new land, he asked nothing of her she was unwilling to give. He gave her those things she was unable to ask for but desperately needed—protection, a home, a sense of belonging, a future. And most of all, he gave her his love.