She vowed to prove indispensable to him.
But will she succeed too well?

To survive on his newly cleared land outside Jamestown, Thomas Deed needs a field hand, not a wet-nurse. But instead of doing the rational thing, he fulfils a deathbed promise to protect his sister’s son, borrowing against his land to acquire a woman to care for the babe.  Mary Price surprises him, adapting to her harsh surroundings and quickly becoming a godsend. 

Newly arrived mother, Mary Price, must stay with Deed during the term of her service or lose all hope of reunion with her sister. She vows to work so hard that he will never give her up but succeeds in ways she never expected. As they struggle against the wilderness, his spirit to protect and provide for her and the babes stirs her to unrealized desire and makes her long to stay at his side.

But when fate tests them both, will Deed give her up or find a way to keep her for a lifetime?