Andrea Cameron arrives to take up her new post as Minister of Nyddford with Nyddbeck full of excitement and anticipation. She is determined to put the past, with its unhappy memories, behind her, and devote herself to her flock and to her marriage. But her husband is killed in a car accident on the day of her ordination, leaving many unanswered questions for Andrea to confront. Fortified by her strong faith, and by the friendship shown to her by the villagers of her parish - especially handsome Will Wensley - Andrea begins to rebuild her shattered life. But she has reckoned without the brooding, hostile presence of David Bramley, a local farmer who cannot come to terms with the loss of his own wife, and who seems determined to make life difficult for her...