Cheney faces two enemiesโsuperstition 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 townโsheโs โjust a woman.โ 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 illiteracy, superstition, and immovable distrust of Yankeesโmost especially focused on an โedjicated female thinks sheโs a real doc.โ How will she overcome centuries of hate and mistrust?