When widow Portia McAllister sees an ad for a live-in tutor, she leaves everything behind in hopes of making a fresh start. But as a Confederate widow in a Union household, she is met with resentment from her new charge and her employer, war veteran Beau Stanford. Love seems impossible amid the turmoil of Reconstruction. Will Beau and Portia find their way into each other’s arms or will they be swept away by raging forces beyond their control?