Transplanting herself from back East to an Idaho apple orchard is a gamble for Elizabeth Sheldon. She's got a lot to learn about apples, not to mention the pair of orphans who inhabit the orchard. She's also promised to a man she knows mainly through letters. Putting down roots is not in Dr. Zack Danvers' plans, not while he's still tormented by harrowing memories of the war with Spain. But if this little town needs his doctoring skills, he can stay a season...and help that pretty lady who arrived on the same train. Elizabeth soon faces a dilemma-should she do the honorable thing and keep her promise to one man? Or follow the longings of her heart for another? She has until harvest time to decide.