A horrible attack leaves Alice Knight with devastating consequences - a baby! With her father in prison for taking revenge Alice and her brother flee to another town, hoping to avoid scandal.
Young Doctor Lane Masters is weary after the horrors of war. He flees west to get any job he can find - other than medicine. Determined to never pick up a stethoscope ever again he takes a job as an editors clerk.
When Alice's secret is revealed Lane is full of compassion, she wasn't the first unfortunate woman he'd met. Alice has a traumatic labor and Lane has no choice but to come to her aide.
Who knew the baby - born in devastating circumstances - would be the catalyst to love and healing for them both. Can Alice persuade Lane to practice medicine again?