Returning home to Blackberry Island to claim her inheritance and recover from her tour of duty, young Army vet Michelle Sanderson, to save her family's Inn, must form a tentative truce with single mother Carly Williams, whose shocking betrayal years earlier destroyed their friendship.

When she sees nine words on her husbands cell phone that shatter her world, Josie, looking back at pivotal moments in the relationship, surprises everyone--including herself--with how far she will go to uncover the extent of his betrayal.

When she is reconciled with the man who betrayed her, who will go to any lengths to win her back, fiercely independent Grace Condry, who has spent a lifetime running from her past, vows to take revenge on this man she once loved.

England 1642. King Charles and Parliament each gather soldiers to their banners. Across the land men prepare to fight for their religious and political ideals. The Rivers are landed gentry, and their allegiance is to the Crown. Edmund, the eldest son, will do his duty to his king, but his brother Tom will turn his back on all he once believed in. As the men go to fight, so the women are left to defend their home. From the raising of the King's Standard...