Ivy House Orphanage in post-Civil War Tennessee was the only home Natalie and Marla knew. So when Marla ws finally adopted, Natalie swore eternal sisterhood to her best friend...

The owner of Ivy House has died, and his grandson, Elliot Montgomery, is coming to sell it. Natalie will do anything to keep the orphanage open for the children in her care. But Marla, now married, plots to save Ivy House by playing matchmaker for Natalie and Elliot. And although Natalie feels herself yielding to the handsome young landowner, she can't love a man who would sell the home of her charges. Unless she can change his mind, for the sake of the orphans -- and her heart.