Orphaned, mixed-race Sophie Bellefleur is sold into bondage by her grandfather, chief of the Mohegan tribe. Just when her life is improving, she's thrust into the midst of the Salem witch hysteria. Innocents are sent to prison, or worse, the gallows, by the whim of young girls. Sophie's trusted friend not only turns on her, but Sophie is jailed and branded a witch.Freed years later, Sophie sets out to make a new life, alone, in the north woods of Maine. Falling back on her Indian heritage, she ekes out an existence in an abandoned cabin. All she's ever wanted is to be accepted and have a family.Hearing cries of witch, Matthew James finds the children of the village taunting a young woman, throwing rocks and sticks at her. Reverend James has no tolerance for such foolishness. His own dear wife, falsely accused of witchcraft, was taken to jail where she died in childbirth. His goal is to right the wrongs around him. The Reverend and Indian maiden are immediately attracted to each other. But do they have a chance of a happily ever after when they confess their sins to the other? How innocent can a sin be?
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