Why did the new doctor in Simpson Creek have to be a Yankee? Sarah Matthews can see that Nolan Walker is a good man—and a handsome one. But she can’t return his affection. Not with so much bitterness from the war fresh in her memory.
Yet when the town is struck by a deadly influenza epidemic, it’s Nolan who battles to save Sarah’s life. And when a shadow from the past returns, the time arrives for Sarah to decide if she’s finally ready to utter the words her doctor longs to hear—”I do.”