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Despite having been warned by her mother that love and desire are two very different things, Esa McCullum learns that lesson the hard way. After giving herself to a man she fancies herself in love with, the discovery that he loves another pushes her down a different path. Determined to put men and all their complications behind her, she devotes her life to being a healer--a choice that leads her to the most complicated man of all. Father Braigh MacAlister is a man who lives by his faith and his sword, but the archbishop has issued an to lay down his sword or lay down his frock. After being wounded in battle, he finds himself in Esa's capable--and tempting--hands. Now torn between two worlds, Braigh must make a decision that could change both their lives forever.