Alone and broken...Temperance Baggington never thought of herself as worthy of love. Abused by her father, and threatened with an awful marriage, Temperance ran away to a convent determined to become a nun. Five years later, lost, ruined and unable to take her vows, she returns home seeking solace. Resigned to spinsterhood, Temperance is unprepared for the understanding she finds in the eyes of Mr. Evan Crauford. Evan's kindness is unlike any man...