A New York Times Bestselling Author -- Childhood memories send Kate Keene and her newly-acquired architectural skills to a dilapidated Louisiana mansion. Back in the Reconstruction-era South, she"s shocked to discover that the man she"s dreamed of for so long is now a bitter, angry recluse. Her best friend"s brother, Colin has lost all he once held dear, and Kate feels it"s her duty to help. So when he forces Kate to promise his dying sister they will care for her children, she complies.