Another light and enjoyable read telling of life in the gold rush town of Grand Coeur in the mid nineteenth century. Shannon’s father, has felt a strong call to leave war torn Virginia and his wealthy lifestyle, to come as minister at the church in this ‘back of beyond’ place, as Shannon sees it. She respects her father’s decision, but does not have to like it. Their money came from her mother’s inheritance, and she had enjoyed a very pleasant and privileged upbringing in a happy family until her mother’s death. On arrival in Grand Coeur she is horrified at what she sees around her, considers the stage coach driver who had brought them to this place as uncouth and definitely below her notice – little does she know what is in store for her. This is a story of a brother caring for a widowed and sick sister and her child, of tensions arising from the not so distant civil war, of racial prejudice, and faith. Of course Shannon ends up marrying the Wells Fargo driver, you can guess that from the beginning, but the story is absorbing and convoluted before we reach that point.