In 1896, Abby is railroaded by the city council and needs a man's name on her bakery's deed, and a man she can control--not the stoic lumberman Zacharias who always exudes silent confidence. As trust grows between them, she finds she wants more than his rescue. She wants his heart.

The adopted daughter of the most powerful man in town, Schyler Crandall left Heaven, Louisiana, a broken-hearted girl. Now, a crisis has brought her home to a family in conflict, a logging empire on the brink of disaster, and dark secrets that make Heaven hotter than hell. Still there are her beautiful younger sister, Tricia, with her cruel lies ... Ken, Tricia's handsome husband, who married the wrong sister ... Jigger, the thug with plans of his...

A history of lumbering in the United States, describing the work of the men with jobs in that industry in its early days. Includes a section on the giant redwood tree.