Alex Johnson has a task he would rather not perform. He is to carry his grandfather's ashes from Ontario to the old family homestead in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, find the family cemetery, and place the ashes there.On his way, Alex acquires an unexpected sidekick, and when he reaches the Valley, there are complications he could never have anticipated. There are possible allies and certain rivals to navigate, and the chance for a more complete life than anything Alex had imagin...

Dark deeds at the Spa Springs Hotel in Nova Scotia in the 1880s echo down the decades, bringing out the worst and the best in people high and low. A soldier trying to create a new, more peaceful life finds complications thrust upon him--far from the least being a young woman in a difficult situation.