Nurse Jesse Forbes delivered babies & tended the sick in the rural hills of Harpersville, Tennessee. But her gentle courage was about to spell life or death for a stubborn rebel named Wide Simmer. The powerful Harper family called him a troublemaker, yet Jesse saw him as a symbol of the untamed land; fiercely independent, unshakably honest, & dangerous to his enemies. Now an entire town shadowed by fear blamed Wade for a crime of perversion & cruelty, forcing Jesse to prove just how strong her love really is