Maeve MacGowan isn't prepared for the handsome stranger who appears in the sacred apple orchard, posing a question she'd rather not consider. She's happy tending to her beloved trees on the edge of the village of Quin. Though her foster mother is a taciturn, unaffectionate woman and a secret fear plagues Maeve's heart, she's well accustomed to these hardships. But when she discovers a disease is eating away at the trees, the kindly...