This is an amazing story of two grieving souls finding strength in God and each other to survive and make sense of the purpose and mission God is evidently giving them.I have to say I just LOVED this story! I was so immersed, that I really ached with Ingrid and Micah, and later with Joanna and Samuel. I shed a few tears, some scenes were just so touching, others were lighthearted, and even funny, especially where little Samuel was present with his endless energy and big heart. This story definitely stirred my soul. And it made me just imagine a peak of how hard lives people led in that era, the helplessness to bring physical healing in these circumstances, the isolation in which some families had to live in order to survive.But anyway, this is a touching story you can't miss. I’ll just give a small blurb to make sense of my review. Miss Ingrid Chastain is proud to accompany her father, Dr. Chastain, on a voyage to a mining town in the Montana Territory so they can deliver vaccines, because many people are succumbing to smallpox. It’s a risky journey and unfortunately they have a terrible accident, to which she is the only survivor, and severely injured. Micah Bradley, a recluse who lives by himself in the mountains, finds her, and immediately takes her to his home to tend to her injuries. But Micah was a doctor, and he left his doctoring profession some years ago, after unintentionally bringing the smallpox illness to his wife and daughter who succumbed to it some time earlier. He hasn’t forgiven himself and lives under the weight of his guilt, his anger at God, in a self imposed solitude in the middle of the mountains. But Ingrid appearance on his life changes everything. He’s suddenly focused on nurturing her back to health and taking care of her, much against his confort zone. But healing Ingrid will take time, she has a broken leg and ribs. And he can’t understand her determination to continue her journey, with or without him, to the settlement where the vaccines are, which is many days away, traveling through snow and who knows what other dangers.But her strong determination to fulfill his father’s mission, her strong faith that God will provide, and her selflessness in ignoring her strong pain in order to save others lives astounds him and touches him, and in the end, convinces him of making this journey.I won’t say more about the journey. Well yes, only that they find along the way another set of characters, Joanna and her five year old son Samuel, who will add fuel to the story and make it even more engaging.I totally LOVED the characters!! I fell in love with them! Ingrid was a woman of one piece. She was strong and determined, yet vulnerable too. Her love for her father (her mother died when she was born) is so great, that the grief of this loss is almost unbearable, nothing to compare to her physical pain. But the drive to get the vaccines to the settlement is her way of honoring her father and not letting his death be in vain. She’s also very kind, compassionate, and has a way with Micah that is a true balm to his battered soul. Micah has stopped believing in God after his tragedy, but Ingrid insists that God never forgets about any of us and that He has a plan, even through the pain and bad things that happen, He can bring good and blessings from them. Can this be possible? Sounds like madness! Can he let Ingrid’s faith penetrate him too? He doesn’t feel ready but he’ll follow this woman anywhere. Is it bad to feel like this after his love for his deceased wife?And the letters Micah writes to her deceased daughter brought so many tears to my eyes. So sweet and heartwrenching! Shows the love a parent for his child in a very touching way!The plot has its twists, danger, adventure, sweet love, loyalty, friendship, and the cuteness of a small child along the journey. Little Samuel brought the lightness the book needed in the midst of the struggles and uncertainty of their destinies. He definitely made me laugh and relax! Even Handsome, the dog, was a cute part of the story.But the best part of the book, was definitely the characters, and how they become better persons while fighting through adversity… And by letting God in their troubles too! I have to say I fell in love with Micah! He has a long road to go to heal, but his humbleness will allow him to see the Truth in the end. Thanks to Ingrid, who was a rock to him.This is a book to be reread. I vividly recommend it. I just can’t wait to see what she has in store for us with her next story!I received an early copy by the Publisher but wasn’t required to write a review. This is my voluntary and honest opinion.