A desperate young woman A second chance A life-changing decision. Angeline Chandler didn't invite the attack that created her condition but she's suffering the result. Disowned by her family and left alone and destitute, she gets a second chance when a kind woman rescues her and invites her to travel to Tarnation, Texas with six other young women for the purpose of marriage. The prospect of marrying one man while carrying another's child worries Angeline. Who would want her with another man's baby? Grady McIntyre is a minister whose wife died soon after their son was born. The woman who has been helping with his toddler has told him she's too old to continue. When Angeline's name is suggested as a part-time nanny, he seizes the chance to hire her. Their attraction is instantaneous but Angeline resists. A minister needs a virtuous woman, not a fallen one. Soon they marry and both are happy. Trouble rears its ugly head until matters come to a crisis. Will detractors destroy the happiness Angeline and Grady have found?