It's 1753, and troubling news comes to Russell's Ridge . . . Susanna Russell longs to escape her valley home. When war breaks out, she gets her wish to study in fabulous Williamsburg, where she discovers that the town is not as wonderful as it seems. And she's left something--and someone--behind. James Paxton is studying for the ministry--is it God's will to join Colonel Washington? And later, while he recovers...