With a broken heart and dreams in ashes, Jemma Garrison is determined to use her talent, supportive family, and abiding faith to forge a new life in the region of her birth-rugged, wintry "Big Sky Country." She leaves behind the lush, seasonal mountains of East Tennessee to return to the somber, snow-capped Bighorns of Wyoming. With an exceptional record of nursing skill as her passport and a loving great-uncle to mentor her, Jemma finds in her new surroundings the purpose and meaning for which she has been yearning. But purpose and meaning come at a cost-with blessings come the requisite, strengthening challenges. Jemma learns faith and love grow beyond loss and adversity, beyond sorrow and tears; a true friend gives peace and comfort; labor brings focus and clarity; and the sweetness and innocence of a child can bring families, even nations, into a sharing, caring relationship.