When a young woman’s plans for her future fall apart in the close of World War II, she discovers new purpose being a midwife in the hillsides of Kentucky–and a possible opportunity at new love. Francine Howard provides her lifestyle all mapped out until the soldier she prepared to marry at WWII’s end writes to tell her he’s deeply in love with a woman in Britain. Devastated, Francine looks for a fresh start in the Appalachian Mountains, training to be a nurse midwife for the Frontier Nursing Service. Deeply suffering from the horrors he observed at war, Ben Locke hasn’t thought further forward than rendering it home to Kentucky. His potential shrouded in as much mist as his beloved mountains, he’s at a loss with regards to envisioning what’s next for his existence. When Francine’s and Ben’s paths intersect, it’s instantly clear they are from different worlds and value various things. But like has a method of healing old wounds . and revealing tantalizing new options.