One touch will break an ancient curse... Helen Browning's hands safeguard mothers and guide babies into the world. From the ashes of a painful childhood loss, she's built a career nurturing new families. One touch will awaken the passion of a lifetime... A lifelong obsession with an ancient statue--the stone figure of a man, imploring, anguished, and beautiful--draws Helen far from home to see it in person. Compelled by irresistible need, she reaches out, over the velvet ropes, to lay hands on the stone. One touch will change the fate of the world... Helen's single rebellious act throws her...