Publisher's Synopsis
Harriet Miles is trying to take care of her seriously ill mother, and the last thing she expects after her mother dies is a marriage proposal from a man she barely knows, but her only alternative is the workhouse. And so begins her new life with Noah Tuke. Harriet finds herself in the cramped farmhouse which Noah calls home, and in this overcrowded and angry household she meets with hostility and bitterness. The only person who offers her friendship is Noah's brother, Fletcher. Gradually she realizes that the only person she finds real companionship with is the person she can't possibly be with...
