Once in her youth, Elin Dawson was recklessly in love with her half-brother James Newmark. Many years later, she accidentally meets him, and the feeling that had been dormant in her for so long awakens with renewed vigor. But too many obstacles have come between them over the years, and Elin no longer believes that happiness will ever find its way to her home. But man only suggests, and God, as we know, disposes...

Note 2020: Published under the pseudonym Ruth Valentine, but by Mary Lyons.