I received this ARC in return for and honest review, although I don't read this genre, I made an exception for my author friend. Mary Ferguson knew what to expect when she went to treat a wealthy old man that wanted no treatment from her as she was a female doctor. Since she graduated, she learned a lot through her uncle James, and knew she'd caused him to lose another patient who would go elsewhere. It was worse working at the hospital where many doctors and a few nurses regarded her with disdain. As she returned from her walk , stung with the rejection of the lost of another patient, she learned that two trains had collided and help was needed so she ran for the office and prayed that her uncle was not on it.

David Brownwell had returned home after his christian minister father had taken him from his mother back to England when he was four. He was a half breed and the school boys didn't like him for the color of his skin and one day he vowed to return to his Native people and learned their ways but vowed further still he would never marry and make his children go through the horror he went through. Then he was thrown from the train and into darkness.... ( )