Not everyone gets a second chance in life Joshua McBride does, and he returns from the Civil War a changed man, ready to put down roots and plant his feet in the community. Addy knows first-hand that people are never what they seem Prim and uptight Miss Adelaide Stapleton, leader of the Dorcas Society, doesn't believe he's changed. She has plenty of secrets of her own—among them the inescapable fact that Joshua sets her heart to pounding and makes her long for his disturbing kisses. In this heartwarming romantic drama of hope and redemption, how long can Addy keep her own past hidden—and resist temptation?