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Cheney faces two enemies-superstition and greed... Cheney Duvall has proven herself as a true doctor to those 200 brides with whom she traveled to the West. But arrival in Seattle with a string of medical successes during the voyage does not open any doors for her in this frontier town-she's "just a woman." Returning east, she finds an invitation to a remote spot in the Ozark mountains where there are no doctors at all. But she runs into walls of...

She had a dream, but reaching her goal seemed as dark as night... Fresh from medical school in the 1860s-and a woman at that-the young Dr. Cheney Duvall struggles to find a position. She has almost given up hope when Asa Mercer turns up. He wants her services to chaperone and care for two hundred brides-to-be on a sea voyage from New York to Washington Territory. Cheney jumps at the opportunity. Accompanied by an unlikely nurse, Shiloh Irons, Cheney...

Dr. Cheney Duvall and Shiloh Irons-Winslow have tied the knot and embarked on a honeymoon voyage aboard Locke's Day Dream, where Cheney quickly wins over the hearts of her husband's crew. But even as Cheney and Shiloh revel in their newlywed bliss, a storm forces them to seek shelter on an island suffering from an epidemic, and the evil Bain Winslow re-enters their lives. Cheney and Shiloh's devotion to each other and to the Lord give them the strength...