If Dr. Mercy Richmond had any illusions that life as a new Christian would be easy, they have been swiftly shattered. She is struggling to balance her compassion and duty with attention to the needs of her daughter, while torn between returning to a man who once endangered her and her daughter's lives or waiting and hoping for the affections of a man she rarely sees. Meanwhile, the constant stream of patients, their lives often in tatters, threatens to overwhelm her fledgling faith.