He hoped for a wife. He found a companion through time and beyond. It is 1715 and for Duncan Melville, something fundamental is missing from his life. Despite a flourishing legal practice and several close friends, he is lonely, even more so after the recent death of his father. He needs a wife--a companion through life, someone to hold and be held by. What he wasn't expecting was to be torn away from everything he knew and find said woman...