Rebecca Thomas always knew her husband was mean, but she never knew how evil he really was...After an unknown assailant murders Rebecca's husband, she meets her late husband's estranged cousin William. She is immediately attracted to his warmth, something she never knew with her husband. Though she fights with her emotions, she cannot help but have feelings for this man. But in 1860 Missouri, it's not proper for her to be carrying on with a man so soon after her husband's death. There's a proper time for mourning, a time she has not yet had.Will Rebecca be able to put her abusive relationship in the past? Will family and townsfolk ever be able to accept her as anything more than a harlot in their community? But most important, will William be able to rescue her broken heart after its years of neglect and abuse?