Publisher's Synopsis
Following the death of her family, Ada Watershaw finds herself trapped in a marriage of torment and isolation. With only her cruel husband Colin for company, Ada begins to lose herself in the turmoil of her new reality.After the war, Grant Ross, a blacksmith, begins to build a new life in the colonies. Despite having learned to live with his misery, it seems his tortured past has followed him across the ocean from Scotland, and he cannot escape it. In rural Acadia, Ada and Grant accidentally become unlikely friends. The effortlessness of their friendship brings a sense of hope and happiness to their lonely lives. However, will they find strength in one another as they battle illness, abuse, separation, and even death on their path to becoming lovers?
