Category: Historical / General
As her cousin's maid of honor, Elizabeth Talbot meets best man Sergeant Paul Weller, Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Instantly attracted to each other, they spend an enchanted few days before parting with a promise to correspond. After the wedding, Elizabeth 's family goes to their summer home on Sand Island . Elizabeth continues to write to Paul but is also courted by a wealthy young man with devious intentions. A pregnancy ensues, followed by a rejection from his family. Sent to live with her newly married cousin in Canada , she must pass herself off as a war widow. Since Paul seems lost to her, she works as a nurse in her cousin's medical practice. Having found a new direction, her life suddenly turns upside down again when a miscarriage allows her the chance to return home and resume her position in society. But is that what she truly desires?