Doctor Elliot “Ellie” Lennox defied society rules when she became a physician, but after a tragic mistake leaves her reputation in tatters, she has no choice but to travel west to the only place willing to have her: the rugged Rocky Mountain mining town of Sage Canyon, Colorado. It isn’t exactly a warm welcome. Sage Canyon’s mayor believed he’d hired a man, and he insists Ellie cannot possibly stay. However, giving up isn’t in her blood. As she settles into the precarious role as town physician, she’s faced with a number of challenges—including what to make of the exasperating ex-sheriff Jack Granger, who’s as mysterious and handsome as he is prone to trouble. When an anonymous person slides an old newspaper article about the scandal in Boston under her infirmary door, she realizes someone in Sage Canyon knows her deepest secret. Ellie thought she could put the past behind her, but now, the truth will test the strength of her patients’ trust, her new friendships, and her growing attraction to a man with his own wounded heart.