Emily McDougal is heartbroken. Jeff calls off their engagement, her mother dies of cancer, and her dad sells the family homestead. Turning to food for comfort, Emily is lonely and depressed until a surprise financial gift brings positive change.

The purchase of her first little house ("The Cottage") leads to friendship with Kay, her caring next-door neighbor. Accompanying Kay to nearby St. Dominic's, she meets Tim Flanagan, a young man who also has been wounded romantically. Love beckons, but are Emily and Tim both too wary to risk another heartbreak? Or is God prompting Tim to a...