From the back cover...... Secrets are disrupting Hannah's sheltered life. Preparing for an arranged marriage to Jamie Reed, the heir to the neighboring plantation, Hannah Madison knows her life is well ordered and safe. But that is before she first stumbles upon a seriously injured stranger in the Reeds' barn—before she is threatened by men determined to take the stranger into custody. "If a Man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, He is a liar: For he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?" 1 John 4:20 Hannah names the stranger Adam. Will he ever remember his identity? What caused him to be horribly beaten? And does he have a sense of urgency about unfinished tasks? When the truth does come clear, will Hannah be able to keep these secrets close to her heart and trust the Lord to bring what is best for all those she loves? Or will the sacrifice she is called to make become too great a burden to bear?

Ever since her brother was killed in a duel with their neighbor, Reed Bishop, Carina is left to care for their South Carolina plantation and convalescent father. But when Reed returns home, things change. Reed seems determined to help Carina with her overwhelming problems—while Carina fights a growing attraction to the tenderhearted man Reed has become. When the full truth of the duel is revealed, can Carina’s dueling heart at last find peace?