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For five years Jeff Taylor has wanted to apologize to Bobbie Bradford, but she left town the day after the humiliating episode at the picnic. Older now, Jeff has grown in his faith and as a man. Still, the news that Bobbie is returning to Santa Rosa while considering Cleve Ramsey's proposal of marriage comes as a shock.

Marcail, the youngest of the Donovan children, accepts a teaching position in the small town of Willits, and comes up against an embittered old woman, who rules the town with an iron fist.