For the second time in a year a woman arrives in the small town of Virgin River trying to escape her past. John "Preacher" Middleton is about to close the bar when a young woman and her three-year-old son come in out of the wet October night. A marine who has seen his share of pain, Preacher knows a crisis when he sees one - the woman is covered in bruises. He wants to protect them, and he wants to punish whoever did this to her . . . Available in Wheeler Hardcover 6 & 7.