

She battles a growing attraction to one of the men in the face of past actions that she believes make her undesirable to any potential husband. Esther also must come to terms with the past that has followed her into the mountains and with feelings that God has abandoned her.


Cousins Griff and Zach have vowed before God to end the killing, but when Griff is attacked mysteriously, an unmarried sister turns up pregnant, and both men find themselves falling in love with beautiful Esther, all hope of peace between the families might be threatened. She is forced to reveal her healing skills, however, when she lands in the middle of a bloody, long-running family feud. To protect her parents, Esther abandons her calling as a midwife and leaves her coastal Virginia home to take a position as teacher to children in rural Appalachia. Midwife Esther Cherrett follows in the footsteps of generations of women delivering babies in coastal Virginia until scandal and tragedy threaten to ruin her mothers practice and Esthers reputation in this third novel, which continues the Midwives Series from Eakes (the Daughters of Bainbridge House series).
