"You gotta face the ghosts."

More poignant advice the Reverend John Leaf had yet to hear for dealing with his haunted past. A man of God now, he'd done things that would shame the devil himself, not the least of which was loving--and leaving--Abbie Windsor, a woman of true grit and uncommon courage, a woman who could make him whole...

Abbie Windsor had weathered dark days with only the steel of her will for comfort. Yet today, John Leaf--who'd awakened her womanhood, who'd given her a daughter--offered her his protection. But could she accept a marriage in name only, to the man who shared her soul?