When everything falls apart, how will she ever pull herself back together? For years, Samantha McAlester has kept a secret, daring escapade from friends and family, an act that marked her physically and emotionally. Her grief and pain from the past collides with her present world falling apart one piece at a time as the British besiegement of Charles Town continues. Her friend's gunshot wound is infected and a new doctor in town disputes her herbal simples. When her loyalist parents are forced to flee town, the state threatens to claim her home and medicinal garden. Without her garden, how will she continue to help her patients and support herself? Dr. Trent Cunningham is intent on bringing modern techniques and methods to his hometown. When he learns his friend insists the healer and midwife should help treat his infection, Trent is appalled but reluctantly accepts the situation. For now. But when time and again Samantha's methods fail, he steps in to assist only to find himself in danger of falling in love with the temptress. While trying to save their friend's life, how can Trent work with Samantha without losing his mind and his heart?